America’s moment has passed—or so the world believes.

As alliances fray and rival powers sharpen their ambitions, a storm is gathering. Jacob P. Slake, founder of the technology empire Q Corp, wagers everything on a secret plan to prevent global collapse. He pays for it with his life, dying aboard a colossal spacecraft as it touches down on the Moon.

In the aftermath, his widow, Dr. Jayne Winstel Walker, inherits far more than a company. With a small circle of trusted insiders, she must carry forward a mission that reaches from a rapidly expanding lunar settlement to Washington, Beijing, the Arctic, and the depths of Russia.

As China presses its advantage across a weakened Eurasia and extends its reach into space, Q Corp’s plans collide with governments, armies, intelligence services, and competing visions of the future. New technological breakthroughs give old rivals and new ones the ability to challenge the world order.

At the heart of it all stands Alfred P. Slake, Jacob’s son, propelled by love and legacy into the depths of Russia and into a reckoning that could alter the balance of power.

The Moon Detente is a sweeping geopolitical science-fiction thriller about power, loyalty, technology, and the choices people make when the consequences are anything but ordinary—where humanity’s destiny may depend on an uneasy new balance of power: the Moon Detente.