{"product_id":"life-and-death-on-mars-9781647100889","title":"Life and Death on Mars","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs though landing people safely on Mars weren't daunting enough ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Space Race of the Sixties, at the height of the Cold War, had been nail-biting--until the Soviet Union forfeited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the thirties--amid a second Cold War--China is not about to lose the race to Mars. Nor is the United States. Nor, quite the wildcard, is a secretive cabal drawn from among the world's multi-billionaires. All of them scrambling to launch deep-space missions on a schedule to make the Sixties contest appear lackadaisical. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompetition that could only continue on the Red Planet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore treacherous still? The rivalries, resentments, and distrust that simmer just beneath the surface within each expedition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore difficult yet? Survival on that arid, radiation-drenched, all-but-airless, planet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese challenges have somehow fallen into the lap of NASA engineer--and reluctant astronaut--Xander Hopkins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the thorniest problem of all? The existential quandary for which neither training nor experience has in any way prepared Xander? Making sense of the seemingly unstoppable plague that has already killed. The plague that seems poised to devastate all life on Mars and another world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CAEZIK SF \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647100889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Edward M. Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180675203253,"sku":"9781647100889","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fd136be0-137b-4804-8fe6-798536974e81.jpg?v=1697517709","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-and-death-on-mars-9781647100889","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}