[For information about Mars Trilogy Book One:

"As It Is On Mars" First Edition,

including reviews, see the First Edition Specifications Page. ]

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 fragile human settlement is in a beautiful valley on Mars, a unique Shangri-La called Follium Vallis, or Leaf Valley, lying 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".

   

[For a larger "As It Is On Mars" Second Edition

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TITLE : "As It Is On Mars" (Mars Trilogy, Book One)

EDITION: REVISED SECOND EDITION

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

ISBN: 0968750249

TYPE: ADVENTURE FICTION: The story of what happens when a large NASA/ESA mission to Mars fails after a catastrophic explosion in 2038, leaving two survivors in a nightmare predicament, with food for only two weeks.

The Revised Edition has the same story as the First Edition and the same number of chapter pages. However, there is now an extra chapter, Chapter One, that allows the story to begin on Mars, where we witness first hand the trauma the two survivors go through, both at the time of the explosion and in the immediate aftermath. [In contrast, the First Edition began the story in Chapter One with the NASA chief reporting those events on Mars second hand, to a Congressional Committee in Washington.] The final 14 of the novel's 16 chapters are almost the same as in the earlier edition, except for minor improvements in narration, correction of the occasional error, and minor updating of scientific and geological facts in the light of data from the most recent Mars Rover Missions in 2004/5.

This suspenseful Mars saga is one that actually could happen. The characters are heroic and unforgettable too, and include a Japanese scientist who is a Zen master.

The setting for the novel is a spectacular part of Mars, dramatized in fiction for the first time. It is the first Mars novel set in the great outflow valleys of Mars, so vividly portrayed that you will think you are actually there.

SPECS: Hardcover, 433 chapter pages, 6" x 9", 11/14 type, 4-color dustjacket;

CONTENT: Intro (1 page), Prologue (2 pages), Burns poem excerpt (1 page), 16 chapters (433 pages), 2 1-page appendices (Chronicle of Events, and Martian Calendar), 3 1-page maps. Total content pages: 443.

QUOTES FROM INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF FIRST EDITION: See here.

SERIES: Mars Trilogy. The novel "As It Is On Mars" is Book One of the Trilogy. The second title in the Mars Trilogy is "Give Us This Mars" , published March 2003; for a brief excerpt see here . The third book in the Trilogy is "Glory Be To Mars", published in March 2005; for a brief excerpt see here.

SPELLING: American

PRICE: U.S$25.95 CAN$36.95

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

PUB DATE: August 01, 2005

STATUS: In stock.

SHIPS: Normally ships within 24 hrs.

U.S. DISTRIBUTOR: BAKER & TAYLOR.

AUTHOR BIO: See Here. This page also links to pages carrying conversations with the author in the fall of 2002 and 2004. We have also posted a further conversation with the author , about the need for a Revised Second Edition of "As It Is On Mars".

      (A) For a Content Summary, and for Content Summaries
            of other recent Mars novels: See Here .

      (B) Short Excerpts: See here.

      (C) Link direct to the Amazon.com page for the novel
            at Amazon's online book store.