A nuclear explosion completely destroyed Biosphere M, the first Martian colony. Yet what really happened to the settlers and their famous leader, Commander Fitzchab? Sixty years later, fierce and stubborn Enia Makintock organizes a mission to find out the truth. But a rival expedition challenges them. Biggul, the young and impetuous ship’s doctor, reports the story of their epic journey. A thrilling adventure, where science and emotion collide, from the red cliffs of the Magdalen Islands to the amazing Lagrange space station and, at last, to the mysterious canyons of the Red Planet.
The original French version of this book, L'odyssée du Pénélope, won the 1998 Canadian Aurora Award for Best Canadian Science-Fiction Book in French.
A nuclear explosion completely destroyed Biosphere M, the first Martian colony. Yet what really happened to the settlers and their famous leader, Commander Fitzchab? Sixty years later, fierce and stubborn Enia Makintock organizes a mission to find out the truth. But a rival expedition challenges them. Biggul, the young and impetuous ship’s doctor, reports the story of their epic journey. A thrilling adventure, where science and emotion collide, from the red cliffs of the Magdalen Islands to the amazing Lagrange space station and, at last, to the mysterious canyons of the Red Planet.
The original French version of this book, L'odyssée du Pénélope, won the 1998 Canadian Aurora Award for Best Canadian Science-Fiction Book in French.