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

Doc stepped outside and I followed him. “I hope this isn’t like Venus, with a permanent cloud cover.” The clouds were fairly dense. “What color do you think this sky is?” I’d never appreciated the blue of Terra’s skies until we’d spent all that time under Mars’s butterscotch ones.


“It’s difficult to place the sun with all those clouds, but I’m willing to bet we’ve got a few hours of daylight left. Hopefully that will be enough to get us down off this mountain.”


“I thought you weren’t a betting man, Doc.”


He smiled and ran his fingers over my ear. “Your ear is red. These jackets have a hood sealed in the collar.”


“Thanks.” I shivered at his touch, but I didn’t allow myself to lean into it. “I should have realized that.”


Chapter 19