Jason Escobar joins the Lunar Management Company and lifts for the moon. There, he meets Charlemagne Beckman and begins to understand the workers on the moon, called "Lunatics," and their desire for freedom from the company he works for. Poor working conditions and low wages propel the Lunatics to demand action. With his new lover, Martin Kauri, Jason is thrown into the rebellion and must decide where his duty lies. The coming confrontation will bring the Lunatics together and force Jason to choose between freedom and his love for Martin or his obligation to the LMC.
T. Lawton Carney's undergraduate studies were at the University of Tennessee, majoring in English Literature. He is author of three books on the business of interior design under the name of Thomas L. Williams, and he also contributed to the premier issue of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal. He has co-written interior design forecast pieces and written for local and regional newspapers.
Tom's mother sparked an interest in Sci-Fi when he was six years old and took him to the neighborhood library to introduce him to Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and his early favorite, the Tom Swift, Jr. series. Tom, and his husband Robert, have lived on the East Coast of the United States, London, England, Carmel, California, and now Palm Springs.