The First Mann on Mars - Chapter Five
Chapter Five of the hilarious new science fiction novel, The First Mann on Mars by best selling, multi-award-winning author Mark Watson...
The First Mann on Mars
©Copyright 2024 by Mark Watson
THE STORY SO FAR…
Moronic Billionaut Derek Mann, along with his snarky, silver AI sidekick Barry Wilkinson, are hurtling toward Mars in a somewhat questionable spaceship. Back on Earth, things have gone predictably wrong—most of Northern Europe has been obliterated after Derek’s genius friend Noel decided to crank the Large Hadron Collider up to eleven. The rest of the planet is now enjoying the charming chaos of a post-apocalyptic era. Meanwhile, Derek and Barry have been rescued from an ugly, dangerous spaceship and are finally approaching Mars…
Chapter Five: Green Mars
As the capsule continued its rattling journey towards Mars, something strange happened. The usual dusty, rust-colored orb of Mars loomed ever closer on the viewscreen, but then… it didn’t. The familiar barren wasteland of Martian rock and dust, the Martian landscape that all the textbooks and movies promised—well, it simply wasn’t there.
Instead, a shimmering visual fi…
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