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THARSIS BOOKS

Standard Address Number (SAN): 1187562

RELEASED: March 01, 2005

GLORY BE TO MARS

BOOK THREE OF THE MARS TRILOGY

NOTE ABOUT THE MARS TRILOGY: Each of the novels of the trilogy has a positive message of hope for the future endeavors of humanity, and they are set in the reality of the Mars revealed by NASA's 21st Century Mars Missions, including the Mars Rover missions of 2004-2006: Mars as it actually is. The novels allow the reader to experience Mars just as it is, as the trials of the first human settlers unfold in a saga of powerful emotions and heroic deeds. The early Martians choose a beautiful valley for their settlement, a unique Shangri-La they name Folium Vallis, or Leaf Valley; it lies in the magnificent Western Kasei Valley region of the planet.

Few of us will ever set foot on Mars, but if you would like to experience Mars, just as it is, currently Thomas W. Cronin's Mars Trilogy is probably the only way.

But readers don't have to take our word for all this. The School Library Journal had this to say: "Readers may well feel they have stood on Mars, seen its beauty, and experienced its dangers ...".

   

TITLE: "Glory Be To Mars" (Book Three of the Mars Trilogy)

AUTHOR: Thomas W. Cronin (Ph.D., physics)

ISBN: 0968750230

PUB DATE: March 01, 2005

TYPE: Fiction, Adventure, War:

SPECS: Hardcover, 465 chapter pages, 6" x 9", 11/14 type, 4-color dustjacket

CONTENT: Map1: Settled Part of Mars (1 page); Introductory (1 page); Prologue (3 pages); Quotations by Count Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden, and from Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" (1 page); 20 chapters (465 pages); 1-page appendix (Mars Clock and Calendar); Map2: Coprates Canyon and Broken Valley (1 page); Map3: Juventae Passage Region (1 page); Map4: Hebes Passage Region (1 page); Map5: Overview of the Western Hemisphere (1 page). Total content pages: 475.

SOME MEMORABLE LINES FROM THE NOVEL: See "Glory Be To Mars" quotations.

SERIES: The MARS TRILOGY. "As It Is On Mars" is Book One in the Trilogy. "Give Us This Mars" is Book Two. "Glory Be to Mars" is Book Three in the Mars Trilogy. [A REVISED SECOND EDITION of Book One of the Trilogy, "As It Is On Mars", was released in August 2005.]

Note: The three books of the Mars Trilogy are stand alone, and may be read in any order. It is not at all necessary to read Book One of the Trilogy, or Book Two, before reading Book Three. Enough of the early history of the settlement on Mars, which mostly takes place between twenty-six and thirty-six years before the story in Book Three, is related briefly within Book Three.

Book One of the Mars Trilogy tells how a few determined survivors of failed Mars missions unintentionally ended up founding the first human settlement on Mars, after a monumental struggle with the planet. Book Two of the Trilogy continues the saga, but with the settlers now in an entirely different struggle, this time against other human beings trying to get control of their lands and resources.

In Book Three, which takes place twenty six years later, after the settlement has grown enormously, a United Nations coalition attacks the settlement with an overwhelming military force, and the desert fox of Mars make his appearance in the great war that follows.

SPELLING: American

PRICE: US$25.95 CAN$36.95

BARCODE: On back cover: ISBN, Bookland EAN barcode with U.S.$ price (52595)

STATUS: In Stock.

PRINTER: Friesens Corp.

SHIPS: Within 24 hrs when in stock

U.S. DISTRIBUTOR: BAKER & TAYLOR

AVAILABILITY Expected to be available at major book stores, Amazon sites world wide (U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, Japan), Barnesandnoble.com, and other major on-line book stores from March 01. Copies will also be available currently direct from the publisher. (See section: TO ORDER DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER, below.)

AUTHOR BIO: See our Author Biography Page. This page links to a conversation with the author about "Glory Be To Mars". The interview, in the fall of 2004, will likely be posted soon