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Return to Mars

By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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 Six years after the first manned Martian expedition, a second has been announced, this one motivated purely by its profitable potential. Half-Navajo geologist Jamie Waterman, a veteran of the first mission, feels his conflicted soul beckoning him back to the eerie, unforgiving planet. As commander of the new exploratory team, he will have to contend with a bitter and destructive rivalry, a disturbing new emotional attraction, and deadly, incomprehensible "accidents" that appear to be sabotage - all of which could doom the mission to failure.

But there are still great secrets to be uncovered on this cruel and enigmatic world, not the least being something he glimpsed in the far distance during his first Martian excursion: an improbable structure perched high in the planet's carmine cliffs...a dwelling that only an intelligent being could have built.

Listen to Ben Bova's complete Mars trilogy, including the first book, Mars, and the third book, Mars Life.©1999 Ben Bova (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy Science Fiction

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"Bova makes the speculative hard science aspects of this novel vivid and appealing." ( Publishers Weekly)
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This is a great story but the narrator’s excruciating Australian accent nearly spoiled the whole reading for me.

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Jamie fights to be included in the expedition. He is put in charge. There are unexplained accidents, who is the saboteur. Read to the end to find out

Book 2. Six Years On

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