Back to the Moon Back to the Moon Back to the Moon is a science fiction novel and Homer Hickam's first fictional book. Published in June 1999, Hickam wrote Back to the Moon using insider information he learned from NASA. The prologue of the novel begins with a dramatized account of the second EVA of Apollo 17. Astronaut Jack Schmitt discovers orange soil in Shorty Crater at the very end of the EVA and gathers samples in a race against time to get back to the LEM. Meanwhile, Wernher von Braun is watching the end of the mission on TV with other NASA engineers.
Last Moon time (2000) to the future (2045). The work from 2002 ("Moon") and 2003 ("Crecent", movie "Moon Child", novel "Moon Child Requiem") covered the fourth chapter, from 2005 ("Diabolos") took place between the second and third chapter, while from 2012-2014 (theatre play "Mysteries of Yoshitsune I&II", novel "Moon Saga Mysteries of Yoshitsune") and 2016 ("Last Moon") depict the first chapter. The whole story is set in both Europe and Asia (mostly Japan), depending on the story and meaning wanted to be expressed. The idea was to create a story where the Oni (Japanese demons) were the origin of vampires, and eventually