Gates of Mars (The Halo Trilogy Book 1)
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Kathleen McFall
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| Publisher | Pumpjack Press |
| Publication | Jun 16, 2020 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1734519709 |
| Pages | 335 |
| Dimensions | 5.25 x 8 in |
| Age | Adult 18+ |
| Price | 15.95 |
Gates of Mars (The Halo Trilogy Book 1)
An interplanetary mystery and a searing critique of the current billionaire quest for Mars. Irreverent, funny, hopeful. Plus, giraffes.
IN THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE, HOW CAN A PERSON GO MISSING?
The year is 2187. Crucial Larsen, a veteran of the brutal Consolidation Wars, is working as a labor cop on Earth. The planet is a toxic dump, and billions of people are miserable, but so what, it’s none of his business. He’s finally living a good life, or good enough.
But then Essential, his beloved kid sister, disappears on Mars.
When Halo—the all-powerful artificial-intelligence overseeing Earth and Mars on behalf of the ruling Five Families—can’t (or won’t) locate his sister, Crucial races up-universe to find her. In the Choke, the frigid, airless expanse outside the luxury domes, Crucial uncovers a deadly secret from Essential’s past that threatens to shatter his apathetic existence…and both planets.
Blending science-fiction with the classic, hard-boiled detective story, Gates of Mars is a page-turning, futuristic thrill-ride featuring a gritty, irreverent anti-hero—Crucial Larsen.
This is the first book in a three-part series. The second (Scorched Earth) and third books (Mars Adrift) are published and also available for licensing.
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Gold Medalist
Gates of Mars is the GOLD winner medalist in Science Fiction from FOREWORD REVIEWS for 2020
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Kathleen McFall
Kathleen McFall is an American author and artist. She was born, raised, and educated in Washington, D.C., and later moved to Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her writing and life partner, Clark Hays, an author and poet. Their thirteen co-authored genre fiction novels (horror, alt-history, science fiction and romance) have received several distinguished awards, including from Kirkus Reviews, and Kathleen is the recipient of a fiction fellowship from Oregon Literary Arts.
Gates of Mars (the first book in the Halo Trilogy) has sold thousands of copies and is now experiencing a surge. Lifetime sales of the Cowboy and Vampire Collection have surpassed 30,000 units, and the first book in the Bonnie and Clyde Trilogy (Resurrection Road) is now under a shopping/development contract for potential film production.
Kathleen and Clark are the founders of Pumpjack Press, a small indie press in Portland, through which they mentor emerging authors.
They are active on Facebook, Instagram and Threads with nearly 12,000 followers combined.
Kathleen is a full voting member of the Authors Guild, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association.