Another Mars adventure story, this one focusing on the politics of space travel and exploration: an ambitious, dynamic, devoted and somewhat selfish (and therefore not wholly likeable) planetary geologist, member of the first scientific expedition to the red planet believes he has seen evidence of a (perhaps) now-extinct Martian civilization. He undertakes to re-orient the expedition's scheduled investigations so as to pursue this line of exploration, to the detriment of the studies of some of his colleagues. A well-written page turner, the story's Martian mystery remains intact throughout, as it does in real life even now. There is a sequel that I have yet to read.

To be proposed as a controlled release at the Villa Diodati writer's workshop in Aarlanderveen between the 20th and 23rd of November, 2015. If there are no takers I'll release it next week at the Long Stone Pub in Dublin, at the OBCZ of the Dublin Bookcrossers.

No takers for this book at the Villa Diodati workshop in Holland, so I've brought it with me on a visit to Ireland where I'll release it again, this time at the Long Stone Pub in Dublin.

On the BookCrossing shelf, somewhere inside the pub.