When a quake cracks the Moon apart and swallows a habitat with eight people inside, their survival is in question. Sergeant Hugh Pacherd takes command of the group, his primary goal to protect the woman he loves. Hugh discovers he's on shaky footing, battling not only the elements, but the many powerful emotions at play within the band of survivors-envy, hatred, insanity, and the love between himself and Dr. Mary Eddington. Inside the Earth's satellite, they discover an alien base and a moldering spacecraft. Awakening the still-conscious but disembodied minds of ancient visitors could be their salvation-or the death of planet Earth. An alliance is formed that both groups may return home. But there is a murderer loose-one of the humans-and Hugh believes the aliens can't be trusted, either. Deadly secrets threaten to destroy all life on Earth. Hugh Pacherd is the only man who might stop humanity's destruction-but will he have to give up Mary to do it? Nothing is as it seems-not even the valiant soldier, determined to save the woman he loves and the band of humans from a DARK MOON RISING...