By the year 2060, mankind is on the verge of bringing Terra to her knees. The population has exploded, and land for cattle and crops has been sacrificed for housing and employment for the more than fifteen billion souls now living on the planet. Synthetic food is created in plants, and the remaining animals are kept in zoos and game preserves of the wealthy. In an effort to insure the survival of mankind, spaceships are sent to explore Terra’s nearest neighbors, Mars and Venus, but will it be too little too late?<br><br>The four men who took the MRM to Mars have high hopes, until on their return home they travel through a magnetic field that crashes them… somewhere. As they explore the unknown world with its dangers, Doc, Nick, Hank, and Ed will struggle to come to terms with their new reality and find their own paths to happiness.

To Love Through Space and Time

Hank was in the middle of the transmission, repeating our descriptions of the wind-swept canyons of Syrtis Major, when, “White Sands? White Sands. Shit. The transceiver died. Nick?”


I turned off the reader and removed the headset. “The problem might be on their end.” It had happened a few times before, and I could imagine the frantic scrambling back on Terra as they tried to reestablish contact with us. I pulled out the set of delicate tools that went with me wherever I traveled.


“Just check it out, Marsham,” Carlyle snarled.


“I’m working on it.” Jesus, what had crawled up his ass and died? After removing a plate, I stared at the tangle of wires that appeared to be melted together. “Doc, we’ve got a problem here.”


Chapter 15