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Made of Mars

It’s important to remember that life, in the collective sense, is made up of an uncountable number of lives, in the individual sense. Two such were those of Cas, the first child born on Mars, and Ori, her little sister. These sisters, like all humans, required oxygen to breath. On Mars, much of that oxygen came from the ice the colonists mined. The body of each sister, like the bodies of all humans, was 60% water and required frequent hydration. On Mars, that hydration came from the ice the colonists mined. The sisters, like all life, were composed of the elements available in their environment. Mars was their home, and they were made of Mars.
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From Water: Generation Mars, Book Three. Available now at https://www.amazon.com/Water-Generation-Mars-Book-Three/dp/1733731067

Image: illustration by Luis Perez for Air: Generation Mars, Book One

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Panspermia

It is a truism that where life exists it will expand to use every resource available. Three and a half billion years later, back on Earth, life had left the oceans, evolved to exploit all the resources of the planet, and had been merrily going about doing so until the Earth had little more to give. Luckily, that life had also evolved into a form that no longer required a random collision to leave the surface of its planet. That life looked up and thought, “We could go out there. We should probably go out there.” So that life returned to Mars in machines of its own design, set up shop mining the frozen ancient water from whence it had originated, and began to build an existence for itself on this now strange and desolate planet of its birth.

Flirting with panspermia in Water: Generation Mars, Book Three. Available now at https://www.amazon.com/Water-Generation-Mars-Book-Three/dp/1733731067

Image: illustration by Luis Perez for Shelter: Generation Mars, Book Two

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Water available October 22

*Available October 22 in print and on Kindle*

Water: Generation Mars, Book Three

Swimming on Mars? Not likely. There is water on Mars, but it is frozen solid beneath the surface. In book three, Water, the children are touring an abandoned ice mine from the colony’s early years when an unpredictable seismic event traps them in a dark and shifting labyrinth of ice. Escape will require resilience and sacrifice beyond anything they have experienced.

Kindle edition available for pre-order at a special price now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK6RLNTG

illustration: Luis Peres

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Lunar South Pole

Human activity on the Moon will increase dramatically in the next decade. This article provides a concise view why.

A subplot in the forthcoming book, Water, involves a cousin on Earth who’s dad gets an assignment at the south pole of the Moon, studying ice cores for a new mine.

The mysteries of the Moon's South Pole
The mysteries of the Moon's South Pole

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission is revealing new insights about the lunar South Pole. The US, China and Russia all plan future missions to this region – so what makes it so fascinating?
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Let’s talk covers (2)

Second (we’re still talking covers, remember?), I’m thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming Generation Mars book, Water. Once again, Luis Peres has outdone himself.

This time we have a mashup (overture, if you will) of the interior illustrations, creating a perfect concept piece that draws the reader in by teasing multiple events in the story.

It’s a great cover! Want to read the book? Release date announcement coming soon.

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Climbing kids

Every time I wonder if I’m asking too much of my main characters, eight-ish and ten-ish years old (Mars time is complicated), something like this comes along to reassure me. Kudos to Sam!

(And, yes, there is climbing in the next book.)


8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan | CNN

8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan | CNN

An 8-year-old boy became the youngest person to finish climbing El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park on Friday, according to his father, who has been by his side and cheering him on since the pair began their journey earlier this week.

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