Last Updated: February 03, 2007

The author, Thomas W. Cronin, has a Ph.D. in physics and has contributed published research on Mars. He is also a Full Professor in the Science Faculty at a major university. He has written many technical books, distributed worldwide.

Thomas W. Cronin has a reputation for writing simply, and for being able to invent simple and imaginative explanations for apparently complex matters. The Mars Trilogy novels "As It Is On Mars", "Give Us This Mars", and "Glory Be To Mars" are the latest examples of his inventive and insightful imagination.

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 ...".

You can get to know more about Thomas W. Cronin, by reading a conversation with him, about his second novel "Give Us this Mars", or a conversation with him, about his third novel "Glory Be To Mars". A brief conversation with him about the REVISED SECOND EDITION of "As It Is On Mars" has been posted.

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