The United States, according to the history books, successfully landed men on the moon in the 1960s. They left many items and successfully set up an American flag in the general area of their arrival. They than left and were retrieved in the capsule designed for the reentry in the midst of the ocean. Going on to the eternal glory attached to their mission the astronauts making the trip left future moon shots to others. And there of course, were other trips into space, including unmanned voyages around Mars, and others through our solar system and beyond. For some reason not readily apparent a small group of people have always thought that the first Moon landing was staged, done for the publicity involved and perhaps to bring apparent obedience to the promise of J F Kennedy who resolved that the U.S. would land men on the moon before the end of the decade of the 1960s. Mitch Silver, in an afterward of the novel indicates that he is not one of the doubters involved with debunking the landing, but brings his readers a seat of the pants novel outlining the possible consequences of a faked trip. Gary Stephens, a film maker, is the son of one man that worked on the Moon Landing team. His father is killed in a boating accident and Gary begins to go through his Dad's things. He discovers several tapes showing that the landing was staged. At the same time China announces that they are ready to launch an expedition to the moon and plan to land in the same area as the U.S. did and plant their flag with the American banner showing solidarity at least in the world of space travel. Gary decides to take the tapes made by his father to the government and expose the farce. The novel does a very creditable job of describing the reactions of the U.S. to the news and their plans to launch another trip as quickly as possible to rectify the non existence of material where it should be. Research is evident in Mr Silver's descriptions of the process and events and the creation of a definite all nighter for his readers.