Kirk Rafferty

Coming Fall, 2026 – The Cosmonaut

At the height of the Cold War, Soviet cosmonaut Vika Rusanova is launched into space on a classified mission to photograph American military secrets from orbit. But when a catastrophic malfunction forces an emergency descent, she crash-lands in the worst possible place on Earth: the United States.

Injured, alone, and carrying intelligence both sides would kill for, Vika becomes the target of a desperate manhunt. When sixteen-year-old Tabitha Shelton and her younger brother Giles discover the mysterious cosmonaut hiding in their barn, they realize her arrival could destroy the fragile life they’ve fought to protect and expose the secret they’ve tried to keep buried.

As federal agents close in and a ruthless FBI operative pursues his own violent agenda, the three unlikely allies are forced to flee across the country, bound together by choices that could cost them everything. With enemies closing in from all sides and nowhere left to run, Vika must choose: remain loyal to the country that has disowned her, or risk everything for a future she never believed possible.