Tor

9781250237057

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The Martian Contingency

The Lady Astronaut series takes place in an alternate midcentury Earth, where a meteor strike in 1952 radically accelerated the planet’s various space programs, opening the doors for women to play a large part in the exploration of the stars. In the fourth book of the series, humanity has colonized the moon and is about to begin the process on Mars. Trailblazing astronaut Elma York lands on the red planet eager to begin, but soon uncovers troubling hints that there was some sort of disaster during the first expedition to Mars, a disaster that the current authorities seem anxious to cover up.

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