In the Quick

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A young, ambitious female astronaut's life is disrupted by a passionate love affair that jeopardizes the rescue of a lost crew in this captivating novel. June, a gifted but challenging girl, leaves home to undergo rigorous astronaut training at the National Space Program. Younger than her classmates at Peter Reed, named after her uncle, she excels academically but struggles to find friends and intellectual equals. Six years later, she secures a position as an engineer on a space station, gaining a sense of belonging but haunted by the mystery of Inquiry, a spacecraft powered by her late uncle’s fuel cells that vanished when she was twelve. While the world has largely forgotten the crew, June believes they are still alive, armed with evidence she cannot ignore. She seeks out James, her uncle’s former protégé, who is also brilliant yet difficult, as he investigates the Inquiry’s fuel cell failure. Their intense intellectual collaboration evolves into a powerful attraction, but their burgeoning love threatens to unravel their hard-earned achievements and any hope of rescuing the Inquiry crew. This gripping narrative intertwines a woman's relentless pursuit with a charged romance, exploring the limits of human ability amid adversity and the costs of innovation.