Spaceman of Bohemia

Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions.

Softcover. English. Sceptre. 2018. ISBN: 9781473639997. 273 pp. Fair/good. Book No: 54084