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The distant past and possible futures. Mysteries revealed and new threats emerging. Shepherd Moon is the first anthology of Space:1999 short fiction featuring classic, present, and future authors spanning the entire history of Moonbase Alpha in its ongoing odyssey of adventure.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by publisher Mateo Latosa
• "The Touch of Venus" by John Kenneth Muir
• "Fallen Star" by Albert León, Lindsey Scott-Ipsen, Ken Scott and Raja Thiagarajan
• "Cargo" by Brian Ball
• "Futility" by John Kenneth Muir
• "Dead End" by E.C. Tubb
• "Remembering Julia" by Stephen Jansen
• "Mission Critical" by Michael A. Faries
• "The Astelian Gift" by Emma Burrows
• "Spider's Web" by William Latham

A perversion of nature.
Unseen, merciless, deadly...
it lurks in the shadows of Alpha.
One by one the Alphans fall...
Until only one Alphan is left.
Until only one hope remains.

A mysterious signal is intercepted...
The collective voice of a dying race...
A plaintive call to forces beyond human ken
Yet in the ruins of a civilization...hope
A chance for a new life, a new home?
Or a deception...?
Sinister forces are still at work
Forces of destruction and genocide
That transform Alphans... into Angels of Death

He saw a future without pain, without suffering, without end
He unlocked the mysteries of life and death,
And united a world, launching a new age.
Only to find that death was sacred.
And that life without death led to damnation.
And salvation would be found...in pain and suffering.
From the depths of madness, he will change a world,
Forging a new path leading ultimately to exile in the far reaches of space.
Where he will face eternity...alone.
Until a chance meeting offers him the possibility to rule once more.
But his new subjects will not come from his world, but from ours.

A sea of destruction in space
Littered with the debris of spacecraft... and the dead
A failed exodus
Those who remain face almost certain annihilation.
Yet one final decision must be made
A choice between life and death
In which humanity is a liability
Ethics are expendable
War may be the only recourse
And survival must be won... at any cost.

A looming darkness... an ancient threat...
Friends and foes from the near and distant past converge to face the ultimate challenge...
Where the destiny of Moonbase Alpha will be decided.
Where past and present collide.
Where all will be revealed.
For every ending has a beginning...

Moonbase Alpha struggles to survive as past, present and future collide -- and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance!

As the Moon enters an area of space controlled by a mysterious alien race,
Computer is plagued by strange malfunctions.
A ship of apparent refugees crashes near Alpha,
Heralding strife for the base and an emotional crisis for Maya.
Change has come to Moonbase Alpha,
And the future will never be the same...

A malevolent force invades Moonbase Alpha, abducting two unborn infants. Years later, the children return to Alpha with fantastic powers but no humanity. Can these two newcomers be stopped before the base is destroyed?

Based on Space:1999 Story Editor Johnny Byrne's legendary lost script, Children of the Gods reveals an untold tale from Moonbase Alpha's past while initiating new steps forward in Alpha's ultimate destiny.

In the wake of the destruction of Psychon the Moon approaches the planet Ekimmu, a world visited in the past by Psychon expeditions, an ocean world with an abandoned city hidden below its blood-red waters. Maya, Daughter of Mentor, accompanies the Alphans as they explore the planet and the possibility of settling there. Not yet an Alphan, Maya seeks clues to the fate of her people. Together they find that the waters of Ekimmu are now the medium of madness, desperation and rage. The Alphans face a terrible choice: eternal torment or death.

A madman's plans for Moonbase Alpha puts two worlds on a collision course resulting in Alpha's greatest adventure!