The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves.
Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war. The USMC -- a branch of a military considered, until just recently, to be obsolete -- has dispatched the Marine Mars Expeditionary Force, a thirty-man weapons platoon, to the Red Planet to protect American civilians and interest with lethal force if necessary.
Because great powers are willing to devastate a world in order to keep an ancient secret buried. Because something that was hidden in the Martian dust for half a million years has just been unearthed . . . something that calls into question every belief that forms the delicate foundation of civilization . . .
Something inexplicably human.
By:
Ian Douglas Imprint: EOS Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 174mm,
Width: 108mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 186g ISBN:9780380788286 ISBN 10: 0380788284 Series:Heritage Trilogy Publication Date:01 May 1998 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
