Miranda — John L. Cowart

Alex Johnson, an editor for the New York Times, boards the spaceship McAuliffe with eleven scientists and technicians bound for Miranda, a moon orbiting Uranus. His assignment is to report on life in deep space. During the voyage, he meets Paul Miki Tamura, a Japanese Christian who converts Alex and his new-found friend Jane to Christianity.

Upon arrival at Miranda, Tamura attempts to take command of the space station, but the station crew members refuse to follow him and begin to sabotage the station and attack his Christian associates. A series of accidents claim the lives of two crew members and threaten the very survival of the Christian community. Alex and Jane are ultimately forced onto Miranda's icy surface in a desperate attempt to defeat their enemies, liberate the space station, and rescue their fellow Christians from torture and certain death.