The Vines of Mars: Secrets on a Small Colonial Planet
by A.R.K. Watson
A Martian Farmer, A Murderer, and A Forest That Would Swallow Them All
Tomás may have been born on Earth, but all he’s known is the hard life of a Martian colonial farmer.
He is not the only colonist to have lost a sister to a summer dust storm or to wonder if her bones lie somewhere in the man-eating vines. And like most weary colonists, he accepted the dangers of Martian life, and started his own family.
Then a stranger walked out of the desert and showed him where his sister’s body actually lay. To solve the mystery of her death, Tomás will have to dive into the secrets of the planet, brave forces of nature he does not comprehend, and stay one step ahead of a killer who may be coming after the rest of his family next.
Tomás may have been born on Earth, but all he’s known is the hard life of a Martian colonial farmer.
He is not the only colonist to have lost a sister to a summer dust storm or to wonder if her bones lie somewhere in the man-eating vines. And like most weary colonists, he accepted the dangers of Martian life, and started his own family.
Then a stranger walked out of the desert and showed him where his sister’s body actually lay. To solve the mystery of her death, Tomás will have to dive into the secrets of the planet, brave forces of nature he does not comprehend, and stay one step ahead of a killer who may be coming after the rest of his family next.
