Mars Underground
by William K. Hartmann
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2032. The human race has established colonies on Mars. For years Dr. Alwyn Stafford researched its biggest mystery: Did life evolve on the Red Planet? The answer, except for simple, long-dead microorganisms, was no. Now retired, Stafford stubbornly continues his quest. Rumors say he's been going farther than ever before into the Martian deserts. Then he goes out and doesn't return. As the search for him grow, it becomes apparent that the old man found something that will forever change show more humanity's place in the cosmos... show lessTags
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Page-turner about the disappearance of a famous citizen of Mars, and the mystery surrounding it, bolstered by solid science, marred only by a juvenile romantic subplot that adds little but distraction--after awhile I just flipped through those parts. It ends a little abruptly, with one mystery replaced by another, more significant, but ultimately unsolved. Overall a good read.
The science is fine (Hartmann is a planetary scientist); the characters are throw-the-book awful. Especially the primary female character.
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20+ Works 1,333 Members
William K. Hartmann tells a true-life adventure story that recounts the shared history of the United States and Mexico, unveiling episodes both tragic and uplifting. Hernan Corts, Montezuma, Francisco Vzquez de Coronado, and Viceroy Antonio Mendoza are just some of the principal eyewitnesses in this vivid history of New World exploration.
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- People/Characters
- Carter Jahns; Annie Pohaku; Phillipe Brach; Alwyn Stafford
- Important places
- Mars
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- Reviews
- 2
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- (2.93)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
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