Inconstant Moon Series by Pierce Askegren

Earth’s Moon has been colonized for generations. Its inhabitants live and work under the auspices of the Allied Lunar Combine—a group of corporations whose competitive relationships have evolved into cooperation. The Combine’s drive and ambition have turned the barren satellite into a profitable, harmonious enclave.Until now…Erik Morrison doesn’t want to be on the Moon... moreEarth’s Moon has been colonized for generations. Its inhabitants live and work under the auspices of the Allied Lunar Combine—a group of corporations whose competitive relationships have evolved into cooperation. The Combine’s drive and ambition have turned the barren satellite into a profitable, harmonious enclave.Until now…Erik Morrison doesn’t want to be on the Moon. From the time he sets foot in Villanueva Base—the multilevel, underground city that serves as the hub of civilization for the lunar surface—he feels out of place and out of touch. He just wants to do a good job as the EnTek Corporation’s new Site Coordinator and earn his way back to terra firma as soon as possible. If only it were that easy…For there is more than business as usual going on here. A dangerous game of greed and power is being played. So far, Morrison is just a pawn. But he’s about to uncover a shocking revelation that some want exposed—and that some will do anything to keep to themselves… less

On Earth's moon, a starship is being built to explore an alien artifact. But one newswoman has become a pawn in a conspiracy that could end the project--as well as her own life.

Beset by personal problems, lunar legend Erik Morrison learns that a component of the Ad Astra project has been compromised--possibly by sabotage. But he'll have to get himself together before he can get to the bottom of it.