The Strange Taste of Metal

<p>John Spark is a tour guide in the caves of Mars. He's a jack-of-all-trades a climber a freelance writer highly resourceful. He has to be because on Mars there's no 'roadside assist'. Whether it's a vehicle a suit or a body you fix it or you face death.</p><p>Luck lands him a plush job with an exploration team. The cashed-up researchers seek clues to the origins of life 97 light years from Mars. Or so they say. What exactly is a middling university doing with a cutting edge ship like the Coromandel? As the 'Help' John doesn't 'need-to-know'. However it seems he's not the only one who's curious about what's below deck.</p><p>On arrival at Aemilia the crew stumble on a bizarre message from a cryptic source but who was it intended for and what does it mean?</p><p>Conditions on planet Aemilia are as treacherous as they are beautiful and not as anyone predicted. At the height of success the mission is cut short amidst increasing danger of a kind and extent that no one could imagine. </p><p>John and the crew must use all of their wit and resources to get home in time to avert a truly terrifying disaster galactic in scale.</p>