Chinner, Carleton: The Hills of the Moon

Jonah Barnes didn't think he'd end up on the Moon with no job and his brother's ashes in his hand luggage. Chang'e lunar base couldn't care less about its newest arrival and that suits Jonah fine. All he wants is to escape his dark past and start a new life mining Helium, until a chance meeting in a bar sweeps him into the raging undercurrent of the Moon's racial tensions and politics. Now, Jonah is on the run and wanted for murder. With his new friend Lucien, he must grope his way through the pitch-black tunnels of abandoned mines to reach the oppressed Moon Folk's secret colony. When he gets there, Jonah must fight to overcome his past if he is to have any chance of saving his new friends from a madman who will stop at nothing to enslave the people of the Moon and seize control of the incredible wealth that comes from supplying the world with energy.

Carleton Chinner is the author of the Cities of the Moon series of science fiction novels and a reviewer for the Australian Speculative Fiction Review. He is an Australian born writer who grew up on a remote farm in South Africa, where the trip to the town library was the highlight of his week. He devoured anything science fiction, fantasy and horror. And, when that wasn't enough, turned to urban legend and traditional tribal histories which combined to provide a heady brew of stories.He settled in Australia as an adult but not before turning up unarmed at a gunfight, discovering dead bodies and fighting off sharks while spearfishing. When not writing, he works as a project manager on large corporate programs.