ISBN 0-671-00236-8
with Vox Day
Published by : Pocket Books a divsion of Simon & Schuster
Subject :Science Fiction

The second novel by Bethke, this time working with Vox Day, Rebel Moon spends its time in the real world instead of the cyber one. The workers and colonists of the Moon have had enough of living under Earth's control and declares its independence. The powers that be on Earth of course are not pleased.

Rebel Moon has a more serious bent to it then Bethke's previous novel Head Crash . This is probably due to the influence of his co-writer Vox Day. Every so often Bethke's style from his first novel leaks thru in the novels resident hacker Dalton Starkiller, another Jr. MIS tech with some similarities in personality to that of Jack Burroughs. But unlike his previous novel, this one is straight SF. Though I found Head Crash to be a more entertaining read. Rebel Moon is a good story and worth picking up. It has a few surprises lurking behind the scenes and my only complaint with it is the ending kind of leaves you hanging. Be it for dramtic effect or the hopes of doing a sequal I will leave up to you to decide.