Description
Book Three in the Mars Alone Trilogy 'Brilliantly pacy, imaginative, high-stakes sci-fi' Emma Haughton Earth and Mars are in open conflict, and seventeen-year-old Leo Fischer is right in the thick of things, fighting his own secret war behind enemy lines. When a mission goes tragically wrong, Leo has to get away from Mars, and for that he'll need the help of the one person he knows he can truly trust - Skater Monroe. But Skater is off somewhere in the Asteroid Belt, and the last time they spoke she wanted to punch his lights out. And besides, Leo's bitterest enemy - Carlton Whittaker, the crazed president of Mars - is about to unleash his most devastating weapon against the unsuspecting Terran invasion fleet. Is now really the time to abandon the fight? In this nail-biting climax to the Mars Alone trilogy, Leo must face his greatest challenge yet. He has the chance to save two worlds, but at what cost to himself?
About the Author
Andrew Stickland is a prize-winning poet and short-story writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications in the UK, US, Ireland and also in Finland, where he studied creative writing at the University of Jyvaskyla. He wrote a series of articles on chance, correlation and averages which were used by BBC Radio 4's More or Less. Other work has been published by the British Fantasy Society, the Royal Statistical Society, Games Workshop, the Diplomatic Group and The Economist. His young adult series the Mars Alone trilogy carefully adheres to the laws of physics: there is no faster-than-light travel, no gravity on board spaceships, no aliens. It is the world we know today, only 300 years further down the line. He lives in Cambridge.
Reviews
'Brilliantly pacy, imaginative, high-stakes sci-fi adventure set on Mars - a must-read for all YA thriller fans' - Emma Haughton; 'An old-fashioned pulp-sci-fi space opera packed with action, adventure, an android, amorous teens and Artificial Intelligence' - Nina Paley; 'Escape to Midas is a beautifully paced, unputdownable story. More than just an adventure in space, it's a technologically believable picture of the solar system four centuries from now, riddled with personal and political threats which resonate with our present. Stickland's world-building rings true down to every grain of Martian dust, and the story ends on a breathtaking cliffhanger. Reassure me that there will be a third instalment!' - Victoria Whitworth; 'The Mars Alone Trilogy continues at pace. Epic, thrilling, with such glorious world-building and magnetic characters, I couldn't put it down' - Fran Harris; 'Part space-adventure, part coming-of-age story, The Arcadian Incident takes readers into a vividly imagined future 300 years from now. With quicksilver prose and a pacy plot, the story pulls you into the worlds of Leo and Skater and keeps you reading and guessing until the very last page. And if you fall for these characters, like I did, you can rejoice that the next two volumes of The Mars Alone Trilogy are soon to come!' - Melissa Fu; 'A compellingly well written and intricately plotted adventure with stunning world-building details' - Kate Scott; 'Consummate storytelling that speeds along as smoothly as an interplanetary spaceship. Andrew Stickland creates a rocket-roaring space adventure with satisfyingly grounded science, full of 300 years-from-now invention, but recognisable as the world - or rather worlds - that Elon Musk envisions. Brilliant!' - Iain Hood; 'An immersive adventure that transports the reader to space - and to new worlds that we can only imagine, but our descendants may well even experience. If you like science fiction with strong characterisation and a political edge, this is for you' - Katharine Quarmby;
Book Information
ISBN 9781785633874
Author Andrew Stickland
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Lightning Books
Publisher Eye Books
Series The Mars Alone Trilogy
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm
About the Author
Andrew Stickland is a prize-winning poet and short-story writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications in the UK, US, Ireland and also in Finland, where he studied creative writing at the University of Jyvaskyla. He wrote a series of articles on chance, correlation and averages which were used by BBC Radio 4's More or Less. Other work has been published by the British Fantasy Society, the Royal Statistical Society, Games Workshop, the Diplomatic Group and The Economist. His young adult series the Mars Alone trilogy carefully adheres to the laws of physics: there is no faster-than-light travel, no gravity on board spaceships, no aliens. It is the world we know today, only 300 years further down the line. He lives in Cambridge.
Reviews
'Brilliantly pacy, imaginative, high-stakes sci-fi adventure set on Mars - a must-read for all YA thriller fans' - Emma Haughton; 'An old-fashioned pulp-sci-fi space opera packed with action, adventure, an android, amorous teens and Artificial Intelligence' - Nina Paley; 'Escape to Midas is a beautifully paced, unputdownable story. More than just an adventure in space, it's a technologically believable picture of the solar system four centuries from now, riddled with personal and political threats which resonate with our present. Stickland's world-building rings true down to every grain of Martian dust, and the story ends on a breathtaking cliffhanger. Reassure me that there will be a third instalment!' - Victoria Whitworth; 'The Mars Alone Trilogy continues at pace. Epic, thrilling, with such glorious world-building and magnetic characters, I couldn't put it down' - Fran Harris; 'Part space-adventure, part coming-of-age story, The Arcadian Incident takes readers into a vividly imagined future 300 years from now. With quicksilver prose and a pacy plot, the story pulls you into the worlds of Leo and Skater and keeps you reading and guessing until the very last page. And if you fall for these characters, like I did, you can rejoice that the next two volumes of The Mars Alone Trilogy are soon to come!' - Melissa Fu; 'A compellingly well written and intricately plotted adventure with stunning world-building details' - Kate Scott; 'Consummate storytelling that speeds along as smoothly as an interplanetary spaceship. Andrew Stickland creates a rocket-roaring space adventure with satisfyingly grounded science, full of 300 years-from-now invention, but recognisable as the world - or rather worlds - that Elon Musk envisions. Brilliant!' - Iain Hood; 'An immersive adventure that transports the reader to space - and to new worlds that we can only imagine, but our descendants may well even experience. If you like science fiction with strong characterisation and a political edge, this is for you' - Katharine Quarmby;
Book Information
ISBN 9781785633874
Author Andrew Stickland
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Lightning Books
Publisher Eye Books
Series The Mars Alone Trilogy
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm
