Maurice Schmidt

Mars Interrupted Maurice Schmidt

Set in the latter half of the 21st century, the book chronicles the lives of a group of ordinary people from childhood to the brink of events that have catastrophic effects in the offing. Enchanted by Mars as the frontier of human endeavor in its embrace of space, they enlist on a one-way voyage to the red planet to join the tiny human colony already there. The promise of unlimited opportunities stood before them as the floodgates to another world opened to those who ventured to take up the challenge. En route, chance intrudes with fateful consequences. As humanity struggles under dire climate conditions, the harsh reality of the interstellar void, just beyond our protective atmosphere and indifferent to consequences, unleashes a stark reminder of our fragility. Swept up in events with far-reaching outcomes on the trajectory of human destiny, the group contends with diametrically opposing forces pitted against each other. To compound matters, our future stands in the balance as the universe gives up one of its secrets.