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Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C. — triggering an extinction-level global warming event — Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step – Mars.Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on the Red Planet, optimistic about preparing for the first true wave of inhabitants. But from the moment she arrives, something is off. Disturbing signs hint at a hidden disaster during the First Mars Expedition that never made it into the official transcript.As Elma and her crew try to investigate, they face a wall of silence and obfuscation. What you don’t know CAN harm you. And if the truth doesn’t come to light, the ripple effects could leave humanity stranded on a dying Earth…
- Binding Paperback
- Author/s Robinette Kowal, Mary
- ISBN13 9781837864430
- ISBN10 1837864438
- Pages 480
- Published 2025
- Language English
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Martian Contingency: A Lady Astronaut Novel
- By
- Mary Robinette Kowal
- 9781837864430



