Mars Adrift (The Halo Trilogy Book 3)
by Kathleen McFall, Clark Hays
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Author(s)
Kathleen McFall
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| Publisher | Pumpjack Press |
| Publication | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 978-1734519778 |
| Pages | 285 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $15.95 |
Mars Adrift (The Halo Trilogy Book 3)
THE ONLY PERSON LEFT ALIVE WHO CAN SAVE MARS AND EARTH HAS VANISHED
The year is (still) 2188 and Crucial Larsen is officially done with Mars. Just as he's set to head back to his beloved Earth, meteors crash into the orbital platforms, ravage the luxury domes and knock Halo—the powerful AI running both Mars and Earth—offline. And it's no random cosmic event. A mysterious invading force can redirect space rocks at will and intends to level the Five Families.
The first act of the invaders? Put a bounty on missing Staff Scientist Melinda Hopwire, Crucial's ex-lover—the only person who can find the back-up servers and introduce the empathy hack, the endgame of the beleaguered Resistance. Crucial has to fight and claw his way across the deadly Choke on the red planet armed with only a glue gun, some expired maple rum and Sanders, a malfunctioning cybanism, to find Mel and her synthetic perma-kitten Wisp. If he fails, it's the end for both planets.
Mars Adrift is the final book in The Halo Trilogy, an interplanetary mystery and a searing critique of the contemporary billionaire quest for Mars. This is the tenth book by Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall.
Reviews, Awards & Endorsements
Media coverage
"Thought-provoking. Thoroughly engrossing. Insightful. Mars Adrift is a powerful conclusion to The Halo Trilogy." Midwest Book Review
"A smashing (and fiery) finish to The Halo Trilogy....told from the point of view of historian Lauren Valentine in flashback form 50 years after the events unfold on Mars, Mars Adrift discusses whether a historical narrative can ever be considered "true," or whether history depends on one's point of view. When or how is it appropriate to change history? To suit new facts? To suit the will of the masses? Or to suit the will of the ruling class? McFall and Hays are masterful in the use of sarcasm and dry humor to bring their characters to life." Go Magazine
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
Authors
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.