Operation Luna
core novel 1999 Operation Chaos
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.53 (260 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312867065 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Steve and Ginny Matuchek, now married with three children, help plan Operation Luna, a smaller crewed Moon mission that is independent of NASA. Coyote and malevolent Asian spirits, possibly linked to Dr. Fu Ch'ing, try to stop it, while the IRS and NASA also get involved. The book continues the story of the werewolf and the witch from Operation Chaos in the same alternate America, where magic and spaceflight must now share the same launch schedule and the same government paperwork. It is a science fantasy that mixes rocketry with spirits and spellcraft.
Where it sits
- Universe: Operation Chaos
- Series: Operation Chaos core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Poul Anderson
Notes
- Sequel to Operation Chaos; the two were reissued together as Operation Otherworld in 1999.
- From the series record (Operation Chaos): Two novels about a werewolf and a witch in an alternate America where magic works.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Operation Chaos: position 2 of 2: previous Operation Chaos (1971)
Sources
← Operation Chaos dossier · All universes
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