Review: The Saving Mars Series a Delightful Read, all three books.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
What would it be like to live on an alien planet, adapt and survive? I consider this series ideal for Young Adults, (a favorite genre for me, watching grandchildren, nieces and nephews growing up). The author has created such well-crafted characters, that we care about them from the beginning and come to know them well. A young woman becomes the heroine of the story, as she is the rare space pilot who can lead a small search party from the starving Martian Colony, down to Earth, even as they are quarantined by laser weapons surrounding Mars. To survive, they must trade goods with Earth, for food. But survivors of the mars colony know that Earth has become their enemy, and contact can only be made through the underground and black market there. All propaganda on earth claims that the Mars colony died out. This story is full of surprises, battles in space, and an Earth protagonist brings all kinds of possibilities into the script. Earth science has perfected the means to transfer all that a person is, into a new body -- which promises immortality to the wealthy, and a shortened existence for the poor. Excellent plot. I look forward to more from this author. Great villains and an amazing cast of heroes who refuse to give in to fear.