Written by a children's science-fiction author, these tales have an action-packed storyline based on a suspense plot, believable characters and a factual section, which gives details about space technology and what we can expect to see developing in space exploration in 100 years' time. Asteroid Strike; It is 2099 and a spacefreighter packed with scientists and colonists is on its way to Mars. When the ship encounters a deadly asteroid field, Captain Luc Dupont faces a gut-wrenching decision - slow down and put lives in danger, or speed up and risk an Asteroid Strike.

 

This book is part of a book series called Future Tense .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hachette Children's Group .

Michael Johnstone is an experienced children's non-fiction author. He has written many children's non-fiction transport titles and is a fan of both stock-car and truck racing.