Escape from the Moon by Victor Trigg - Sci Fi, Fantasy - What if in the not so far future, capital punishment is outlawed on the Earth? Instead, all murderers are banished to the notorious Abaddon Prison on the Moon. They spend the rest of their lives in hard labor, mining for metals to be taken back to Earth. Lucas Keaton, a professional jewel thief, finds himself falsely accused of killing a cop he was actually trying to save. Now sentenced to Abaddon, he befriends four cellmates. They spend nearly ten years enduring brutality and torture from deputy droids, ran by a sadistic warden. Keaton always had his eyes on escaping back to Earth. He devises one of the greatest escapes in history. The five men plan to smuggle spacesuits, tunnel their way upwards to an emergency escape pod field on the surface, and escape under the cover of a lunar eclipse. They have to do this within months of the Earth's shadow blocking the Moon, or all hope is lost. 97 pages - pdf format

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