Marooned

<p><strong>What if the Chinese Treasure Fleet continued on..?<br>What if Colonialism was 'kept in check'?<br>What if Social Communalism becomes the predominant belief system on a different Earth?<br>What if the United Nations was run and supported by Asian Powers?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Nearly a thousand years after the <strong>Chinese Treasure Fleet</strong> first sailed across the globe continuing to spread Asian culture and influence through trade instead of conquest - a new seed of conflict is discovered on the <strong>Jupiter moon of Ganymede. </strong></p><p> </p><p>An unprovoked attack on a mining facility jointly developed through an uneasy alliance between the <strong>United Nations of Earth (UNE)</strong> and the <strong>Mars Administrative Corporation (MAC)</strong> raises suspicions from both factions.</p><p> </p><p>Has the clash of ideologies between Asian-influenced Earth and Western-driven Mars reached a tipping point? In an attempt to diffuse the situation while identifying the attackers and their motives <strong>Captain Olivia Chu </strong>and her crew of the <strong>UNE Starship Tigris</strong> accompanied by an attachment of the elite <strong>Malayan Rangers</strong> sneak their way through Martian defenses to investigate.</p><p> </p><p>What they discover is something different entirely having a bearing over the evolution and continued survival of humanity as a whole. Only that they have not come to realize it… yet.</p><p> </p><p><strong>"Marooned"</strong> is the first book in the <strong>"First Contact"</strong> story arc from the <strong>Unity Macroverse</strong>. Explore key characters as well as numerous locations across the Solar System including sprawling independent settlements throughout the asteroid belt. </p><p>As the future hangs in limbo differences must firstly be set aside - as unity is ultimately paramount.</p>