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PublisherBlackstone Audio, Incorporated

ISBN-101433231263

ISBN-139781433231261

eBay Product ID (ePID)71936695

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Book TitleMars Life : Third in the Mars Series

TopicScience Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General

Publication Year2008

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorBen Bova

Book SeriesThe Grand Tour Ser.

FormatCompact Disc

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Intended AudienceTrade

Series Volume Number16

Number of Volumes10 vols.

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisJamie Waterman has made an important discovery on Mars. A cliff dwelling reveals the fact that an intelligent race lived on the red planet sixty-five million years ago, only to be driven into extinction by the crash of a giant meteor. But now the exploration of Mars is itself under threat of extinction, as the ultraconservative New Morality movement gains control of the United States government and cuts off all funding for the Mars program. Meanwhile, Carter Carleton, an anthropologist who was driven from his university post by unproven rape charges, has started to dig up the remains of a Martian village. Science and politics clash on two worlds as Jamie desperately tries to save the Mars program and uncover who the vanished Martians were. This is a compelling tale of adventure, political intrigue-and the possibility of life on other planets., Jamie Waterman has discovered proof of intelligent life on Mars, extinguished some sixty-five million years before. But now the Mars program is itself under threat of extinction, as the new conservative government cuts off funding., Jamie Waterman has made an important discovery on Mars. A cliff dwelling reveals the fact that an intelligent race lived on the red planet sixty-five million years ago, only to be driven into extinction by the crash of a giant meteor. But now the exploration of Mars is itself under threat of extinction, as the ultraconservative New Morality movement gains control of the United States government and cuts off all funding for the Mars program. Meanwhile, Carter Carleton, an anthropologist who was driven from his university post by unproven rape charges, has started to dig up the remains of a Martian village. Science and politics clash on two worlds as Jamie desperately tries to save the Mars program and uncover who the vanished Martians were. This is a compelling tale of adventure, political intrigue--and the possibility of life on other planets.

Number of Pages10 pages