I wasn't there.
But I was old enough to watch it live on television.
Something about that night stayed with me, and I couldn't help asking the Waiter about it.
He didn't answer.
He handed me a journal instead.
This is the account of the Moon landing taken from his journals.
But according to the Waiter, the night humanity stepped onto the Moon was never guaranteed.
For thousands of years, he has quietly protected moments that define civilization.
Apollo 11 was one of them.
And it almost didn't happen.
An ancient adversary-Mithras-moves in the shadows, working to unravel a moment that would change the course of human history. Not through war. Not through chaos.
Through influence.
Small decisions.
Missed signals.
The kind of changes no one notices... until everything is different.
Helen stands with the Waiter, as she always does when the stakes reach this level. Between them, they understand what is at risk.
The problem is, they are not the only ones watching.
The Sect-the same group that believes the Waiter interferes too often-has its own ideas about how history should unfold. And all of this plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War, where ambition, fear, and timing are already pushing the world toward a breaking point.
As Neil Armstrong prepares to take humanity's first step onto the Moon, a different battle is being fought-one that will never appear in any history book.
The Waiter believes civilization must move forward.
Mithras believes it should be corrected.
After reading his journal, I don't see that event the same way anymore.