Children of the Red Planet: Book One Great Mars Migration

CHILDREN OF THE RED PLANETMars was supposed to be humanity's new beginning. Then they found something that had been waiting sixty-six million years.Alex Turner is four minutes younger than his twin sister Jane-a fact she has never once let him forget. Growing up in Meridian, one of Mars's great domed colonies, their biggest problems are usually school, family, and their sharp-tongued little brother Sam.Then a routine survey discovers a chamber cut deep into a Martian canyon.It has been sealed for sixty-six million years.What lies inside could overturn everything humanity thought it knew about Mars, Earth-and whether we have ever truly been alone.Scientists, engineers and officials race to understand the discovery. But Alex and Jane notice things the adults miss: a strange linguistic pattern, clues that refuse to fit the accepted explanation, and a colony maintenance android that is beginning to behave less like a machine and more like someone.And time is running out.Mars and Earth are moving toward a communications blackout. For eleven days, the people of Meridian will be on their own. No instructions from Earth. No second opinions. And no one to stop those who believe the discovery is too important to leave in the hands of the people who found it.For Alex, Jane and Sam, the mystery will become far more than an adventure. It will force them to confront a question humanity has asked for centuries: What if we were never alone?CHILDREN OF THE RED PLANET is Book One of THE GREAT MARS MIGRATION, a science-fiction adventure about exploration, discovery, family and humanity's future beyond Earth.Grounded in real science and written in the tradition of classic science fiction, it is a story for younger readers, adults, and anyone who has ever looked at Mars and wondered what might be waiting there. **CHILDREN OF THE RED PLANET** is Book One of **THE GREAT MARS MIGRATION** - real science, a real family, and a mystery old enough to have outlived the dinosaurs, written in the tradition of the golden age of science fiction for readers of every age.