Dark Side: A Novella As a young lawyer, Josh was aware of the developing human presence in cislunar space, but only as a bystander. He never dreamed he would ever have a role in that development. But now he had to decide to step up and help further that development, help build an important radio telescope on the far side of the Moon by using the law, or stay an onlooker. He stepped up but failed, and in failure sowed the seeds of success. Dark Side is set in the future (2060s) and is the eight story, a novella, in the Remembered Earth Universe: Cislunar Series . The Remembered Earth Universe contains, as of this writing, 8 volumes, 7 short stories and 1 novella.. While part of a series, Dark Side , may be read as a stand-alone. Hard Science Fiction - Old School.