- Fiction, Science Fiction, Science fiction, Life on other planets
The Year is 2040.The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves.Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war.
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Grave, classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Ian Douglas
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Eos
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061572760
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“This wasn't the first time the Marines had ventured into space, not by a long shot.”
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