Scorched Earth (The Halo Trilogy Book 2)
by Kathleen McFall, Clark Hays
Publisher
Pumpjack Press
Publication
Feb 14, 2021
Series
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
$15.95
Dimensions
5.25 x 8 in
ISBN
978-1734519730
ASIN
B08QXKJ2C5
Pages
320
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Mystery & DetectiveScience FictionThrillers
Rights Sold
🌍 World Wide Rights Available
Description
Awards & Endorsements
Media coverage
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| Publisher | Pumpjack Press |
| Publication | Feb 14, 2021 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1734519730 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $15.95 |
Categories
Mystery & DetectiveScience FictionThrillers
Scorched Earth (The Halo Trilogy Book 2)
by Kathleen McFall, Clark Hays
Sci-fi noir on post-colonial Mars. The second book in The Halo Trilogy. An action-packed thrill ride. Plus, hybrid-human lizards who make ant-gin.
A MURDER ON MARS LEADS TO HELL ON EARTH
The year is 2188 and the Earth—long-ago abandoned for Mars by the plutocrats—is scorched by poverty, disease and environmental collapse. Meanwhile, the red planet is a flourishing playground for the Five Families who, thanks to Halo—an advanced AI—control everything and everyone on Earth, including Crucial Larsen, a disillusioned labor cop.
The wealthy elite of Mars don't know that on his last trip up-universe, Crucial stumbled onto a secret that could destroy them. Yet, despite fervent pleas from his sister (a leader in the resistance), Crucial believes fighting back against the Five Families is a fool's game destined for failure—or worse. Plus, he never wants to set foot on that damn planet again.
Then Melinda, his long-lost love and a staff scientist on Mars, begs for his help clearing her fiancée of a murder charge. Crucial jumps on the next quantum rocket, hoping maybe this time he can patch things up with Mel. His investigation ultimately leads back to Earth's radiation-blasted sunbelt, where cannibal lizard-people—a genetic experiment gone terribly wrong—hold the key to a different future, if only Crucial can stay alive long enough to unlock it.
This is the second book in a three-part series. The first book (Gates of Mars) and the third book (Mars Adrift) have been published and are also available for licensing.
A MURDER ON MARS LEADS TO HELL ON EARTH
The year is 2188 and the Earth—long-ago abandoned for Mars by the plutocrats—is scorched by poverty, disease and environmental collapse. Meanwhile, the red planet is a flourishing playground for the Five Families who, thanks to Halo—an advanced AI—control everything and everyone on Earth, including Crucial Larsen, a disillusioned labor cop.
The wealthy elite of Mars don't know that on his last trip up-universe, Crucial stumbled onto a secret that could destroy them. Yet, despite fervent pleas from his sister (a leader in the resistance), Crucial believes fighting back against the Five Families is a fool's game destined for failure—or worse. Plus, he never wants to set foot on that damn planet again.
Then Melinda, his long-lost love and a staff scientist on Mars, begs for his help clearing her fiancée of a murder charge. Crucial jumps on the next quantum rocket, hoping maybe this time he can patch things up with Mel. His investigation ultimately leads back to Earth's radiation-blasted sunbelt, where cannibal lizard-people—a genetic experiment gone terribly wrong—hold the key to a different future, if only Crucial can stay alive long enough to unlock it.
This is the second book in a three-part series. The first book (Gates of Mars) and the third book (Mars Adrift) have been published and are also available for licensing.
Reviews, Awards & Endorsements
Media coverage
"Scorched Earth sets fire to the Halo Trilogy. Crucial's personal brand of humanity is the driving force behind the success of the Halo Trilogy. In a bleak future dominated by everything that is bad about our society, Crucial Larsen clings to decency and loyalty in a world that could care less with a stubbornness that is as irritating as it is endearing. And as he blunders through life armed only with his wits and a love/hate relationship with everything he holds dear, the future of Earth's existence hangs in the balance. " East Oregonian
Please refer to the first book in this series, Gates of Mars, for a complete listing of awards and media coverage: https://dropcap.com/book/edit/38265
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