Die Wahrheit über die genetischen Experimente auf dem Mars ist ans Licht gekommen. Prompt tauchen neue Missionen von der Erde im Orbit des Roten Planeten auf. Die widerstreitenden Fraktionen ringen um die Kontrolle über die neue Technologie. Die überlebenden Kolonisten sind den Neuankömmlingen dabei bloß im Weg - im besten Fall müssen sie als Sklaven und Laborratten herhalten. Schlimmer noch: Die Truppen von der Erde sind gut bewaffnet und bereit, einen Krieg zu entfesseln, um die Macht über die Kolonie und ihre Bewohner an sich zu reißen.
Doch Dr. Jann Malbec verfügt über geheimes Wissen, mit dem sie die Kolonie vielleicht vor ihrem grausamen Schicksal retten kann. Das Problem: Wenn sie es einsetzt, wird sie die Erde einer weltweiten Pandemie apokalyptischen Ausmaßes aussetzen.
Jann muss sich entscheiden: Welcher Planet ist ihre wahre Heimat: Erde oder Mars?
As the conflict in the asteroid belt escalates, Luca finds herself seeking out the help of Athena, the QI on Earth. Together they hatch a complex plan to end the power of the VanHeilding family.
Meanwhile, resistance to the ongoing power grab by the Xiang Zu Corporation is gaining traction in Elektra, a quadruple asteroid system and the second most populous sector of the Belt. Miranda, Scott, and Cyrus find themselves being dragged into this fightback following rumors that the QI, stolen en route to New World One, has resurfaced in the hands of the rebels.
Yet, for there to be any resolution to the conflict, Luca must ultimately face-off against the army of node-runners arrayed against her on New World One. She knows it will be a fight to the death, there can only be one winner, but is she ready?
The fate of humanity is resting on the outcome.
Dr. Jann Malbec, die einzige Überlebende der verunglückten ISA-Mission, ist auf dem Mars gestrandet. Die Erde sieht sie als Gefahr, jede Chance auf Rückkehr bleibt ihr verwehrt. Sie ist allein und isoliert und ist kurz davor, aufzugeben - bis jemand in der Hauptluftschleuse der Kolonie auftaucht. Der vollkommen entkräftete Fremde stirbt in ihren Armen. Dr. Malbec beginnt sich zu fragen, was da draußen vor sich geht, denn außer ihr dürfte es keine Überlebenden geben. Noch beunruhigender ist jedoch, dass ein DNS-Test ihn als einen Kolonisten identifiziert, der bereits einige Jahre zuvor gestorben ist.
Es gibt nur einen Ort, von dem er gekommen sein kann: aus der aufgegebenen Mine auf der anderen Seite des Jezero-Kraters, Kolonie Zwei. Ein Außenposten, von dem sie annahm, er sei längst tot. Aber wenn es der Besucher bis zu ihr geschafft hat, sind vielleicht noch andere am Leben?
Um das Rätsel zu lösen, muss sie eine gefährliche Reise durch den Krater antreten. Denn wenn sie nicht schnell Antworten findet, wird sie auf dem Mars sterben. Allein.
Kann eine Kolonie auf dem Mars überleben, wenn die größte Gefahr auf dem Roten Planeten der Mensch selbst ist?
Während eines langen Sandsturms geht der Kontakt zur ersten menschlichen Kolonie auf dem Mars verloren. Satellitenbilder zeigen, dass die Anlage stark beschädigt ist, und die vierundfünfzig Kolonisten, die Colony One ihr Zuhause nannten, gelten als tot. Drei Jahre später landet eine neue Mission auf der Oberfläche des Planeten, um zu untersuchen, was von der verlassenen Anlage übrig geblieben ist.
Schnell stellt die Crew fest, dass die Kolonie doch nicht so tot ist, wie alle dachten. Irgendjemand ist noch am Leben - versteckt sich aber. Doch während sie nach dem wichtigen Zeugen sucht, wird die Besatzung von einer seltsamen Krankheit befallen. Die Biologin Dr. Jann Malbec muss so schnell wie möglich den Ursprung der Krankheit und einen Weg zu ihrer Bekämpfung finden.
Bei ihren Nachforschungen stößt Jann auf ein dunkles und tödliches Geheimnis, das in Colony One lauert. Ein Geheimnis, das nicht nur die Besatzung, sondern auch die gesamte Bevölkerung der Erde bedroht. Mit begrenzten Ressourcen und unter Zeitdruck muss die Biologin Antworten auf Fragen finden, die besser nie gestellt worden wären. Denn wenn sie scheitert, wird keiner von ihnen nach Hause zurückkehren.
The battle for New World One has left Luca physically and mentally traumatized. She has descended into a deep catatonic state from which there seems no way back.
Scott and Miranda are concerned, not just about Luca but also the imminent threat of a new assault on the habitat by a revitalized VanHeilding fleet. They must leave, head for the relative safety of Mars, and hope that they have not left it too late.
Yet Luca is not unique in the system. There is another who possesses elements of her extraordinary biology. One who has been this way before, one who understands her struggle and who could ultimately hold the key to her freedom.
But for Luca to find a way back she must first deal with the demons that now stalk her mind. She must face up to what she truly is - a threat to human civilization.
Commander Scott McNabb and the remaining crew of the ill-fated Hermes survey ship, journey to Earth to an area formally known as Death Valley, now an irradiated wasteland. Their mission is to connect the quantum intelligence, Athena into the pan-solar communications network, enabling the QIs to rollback control of Earth by The Seven and their AI servants.
But their shuttle is damaged as it enters Earth’s atmosphere and it lands far from their intended location. Worse, it has been spotted by the AI that controls the region, and security drones are now searching the area to find it. With little hope of repairing the shuttle, Scott makes the fateful decision for them to journey through the wasteland on foot, even though some of the crew argue that this would be reckless.
But Scott is driven by a deeper motivation. One forged by the singular desire to find out what happened to Flight Officer Miranda Lee and the child she was carrying. This is because Aria has made him a promise. The QI has assured him that once Athena is reconnected it can then analyze Earth’s vast data-stacks and find her location, and more importantly, find out if she is alive or dead.
Now, nothing else matters to Scott. He is willing to risk everything to achieve the mission and ultimately find Miranda—even if that means risking the lives of his friends.
A devastating dust storm. A colony on the edge of extinction. Only one person can save them. But first they need to start a revolution.
In the midst of the most devastating dust storm in the history of Mars, the survival of the half million people who call it home is hanging in the balance.
Yet for Major Mia Sorelli, of the Mars Law and Order Department, it’s just another sol at the office — another sol trying to keep the desperate and angry citizens from tearing themselves apart.
But when she’s sent to investigate the death of a fellow officer in the lawless industrial city of Syrtis, she begins to suspect that the endless dust storm may not be the only thing threatening their survival.
With the help of her semi-sentient droid, Gizmo, they uncover a plot so heinous that her faith in humanity is almost shattered — and the only way for her to get it back, and save the colony, is to start a goddamn revolution.
About Surface Tension:
This is the fifth book in a Sci-Fi series set in a human colony on Mars, but it can also be read as a stand-alone novel. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
Can be read as a stand-alone novel.
This second Colony Mars omnibus contains Books 4, 5, and 6.
Jezero City (Colony Four Mars): When a colonist dies in tragic circumstances, just a few sols before a major terraforming experiment, Dr. Jann Malbec begins to suspect that all is not what it seems.
Surface Tension (Colony Five Mars): In the midst of the most devastating dust storm in the history of Mars, the survival of the half million people who call it home hangs in the balance.
Plains of Utopia (Colony Six Mars): When an Earth-bound ship explodes on the launchpad in Jezero City, and the DNA from two bodies recovered at the site are found to be an exact match, Dr. Jann Malbec is convinced that they are the product of a covert cloning program.
About Colony Mars:
This is a sci-fi series set in a human colony on Mars. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
Xenon Hybrid, the Red Planet’s ceremonial head-of-state, has not been seen for many years after withdrawing to an isolated enclave in the far north where he steadily built up a following of citizens seeking out an alternative lifestyle. They bother no one, and no one bothers them.
But when an Earth-bound ship explodes on the launchpad in Jezero City, and the DNA from two bodies recovered at the site are found to be an exact match, Dr. Jann Malbec is convinced that they are the product of a covert cloning program. More troubling still is that the DNA is a very close match to the reclusive and enigmatic Xenon.
Meanwhile, newly promoted Mars Envoy, Mia Sorelli, finds herself stuck on the planet after her ride back to Earth is now a charred hunk of metal. She begins to get an uneasy feeling that someone may be trying to assassinate her, and Mia’s suspicions start to focus on a clandestine group of Xenon’s followers.
As these parallel investigations begin to converge, it becomes apparent to both Jann and Mia that the peaceful and simple lifestyle of the Xenonists is not all that it seems. There is a darker ideology bubbling underneath the surface, one that threatens to bring catastrophe to the entire population on Mars.
But will anyone believe them in time?
About Plains of Utopia:
This is the sixth book in a Sci-Fi series set in a human colony on Mars. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.
The discovery of a long lost spaceship transporting an experimental quantum device ignites a system-wide power struggle.
Commander Scott McNabb and the crew of the science vessel, Hermes, are three years into a five-year-long survey of the asteroid belt when they discover a derelict spaceship in orbit around a binary asteroid. The ship contains an experimental quantum device, lost while en route to a research colony on Europa.
However, once word of the crew’s discovery gets out, they soon realize that ownership of this technology could fundamentally change the balance of power within the colonized worlds, and they now find themselves at the very nexus of a system-wide conflict.
Their fight for survival plays out across the solar system, from the mining outposts of the asteroid belt to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and from the great Martian city of Jezero to the irradiated wastelands on Earth.
This volume contains:
- Entanglement - book one
- Entropy - book two
- Evolution - book three
On the eve of Luca Lee-McNabb’s twenty-third birthday the quantum intelligence, Athena delivers her some bad news. Due to a devastating attack on its infrastructure it can no longer protect her and keep her hidden. She must leave Earth immediately and try to make it to New World One, a gargantuan habitat being constructed out in the asteroid belt.
For Luca, leaving her home means potentially exposing herself to the powerful VanHeilding family, who will stop at nothing to harvest her unique biology. They have created a formidable army of Node Runners, people who can jack-in to the data-grid, corrupt the flow of information and attack the QI network. Not only that, but they are now actively searching for her, hunting her down.
If Luca wants to get to New World One and see her family again then she must dig deep and face her biggest fear — jacking-in to the data-grid and facing down the Node Runners. But by doing so she faces a very real risk of brain death. Yet it is either that, or ending up being dissected in a VanHeilding genetics lab.
Out in the asteroid belt, you’re never far from a rock and a hard place.
ENIGMA: The Belt Book Four
On the eve of her twenty-third birthday, Luca Lee-McNabb learns from the quantum intelligence Athena that she must flee Earth to escape the VanHeilding family, who seek her unique biology, and try to reach New World One despite the risks. To survive, she must confront her greatest fear: jacking into the data-grid and battling the Node Runners, risking brain death to avoid being a subject in a VanHeilding genetics lab.
EXODUS: The Belt Book Five
Luca, traumatized by the battle for New World One, has fallen into a catatonic state, while Scott and Miranda grapple with the threat of a new VanHeilding assault and consider fleeing to Mars. Meanwhile, another individual sharing Luca's unique biology could be the key to her recovery, but she must first confront the demons in her mind and accept her potential as a threat to humanity.
EMERGENCE: The Belt Book Six
In the escalating asteroid belt conflict, Luca collaborates with the quantum intelligence Athena on Earth to dismantle the VanHeilding family's power, while Miranda, Scott, and Cyrus are drawn into the resistance against the Xiang Zu Corporation in Elektra, involving a stolen QI. Luca faces a critical showdown with an army of node-runners on New World One, a battle she knows is to the death, with the fate of humanity hinging on the outcome.
![[German] - Colony Three Mars - Colony Mars, Teil 3 (Ungekürzt) Audiobook](https://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/large/9783754012093.jpg)
![[German] - Colony Two Mars - Colony Mars, Teil 2 (Ungekürzt) Audiobook](https://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/large/9783754012086.jpg)
![[German] - Colony One Mars - Colony Mars, Teil 1 (Ungekürzt) Audiobook](https://covers.audiobooks.com/images/covers/large/9783754012079.jpg)
