Martian Legacy

It's the third decade of the twenty-first century and man has finally landed on Mars. Air Force Pilot Lt. Col. Harold T. Kane has led anexpedition to the red planet but as Martian Legacy opens he is upside down in a rover trapped in a Martian crater cursing himselffor ruining this historic event. Harry manages to right the rover and carry on with his mission and eventually he and his fellow crew member Dr. Karen Hansen collect enough samples and return to Earth. Once there they first are carefully cleaned with the latestanti-microbial procedures then hailed and feted as the heroes of the moment. <p>They leave behind a second crew of two on Mars that continues the explorations looking for extinct creatures and hopefully an ancientcivilization. But what has Harry's Crew #1 brought back? In this engaging story of the nearfuture present day fears are examined and a contemporary doomsday scenario plays out with surprising results. The reader isexpertly led down many scientific byways while at the same time being drawn along by the appealing human story. Martian Legacycombines our best hopes and worst fears as they are played out together.