The Mandrake Effect

--For those who ever wondered what proverbial black hole the American manned- space-program disappeared into after the last moon landing. 1980: Harry Mandrake is 'a rat, liar, cheat, drunk, wastrel, moron, and loser' --so says American astronaut and navigation officer, Rose Hawkin - Harry's latest love. Lecturer at Edinburgh University Scotland, on PXL, Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life, this quintessential English gentleman is about to cross The Pond and take on America, and the Carnegie Space Agency. A forced sabbatical to escape the wrath of Radcliff, a disgruntled loan shark's money-collecting thug. (Oh, yes, add sadistic murderer to Harry's list).