Dr Ben Bova’s has written more than 130 futuristic novels and nonfiction books and has been involved in science and high technology since the very beginnings of the space age. President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, Dr Bova received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, “for fueling mankind’s imagination regarding the wonders of outer space.” In Mars, in about the year 2020, a huge multinational project gets underway, the bulk of it seen through the eyes of young Navaho geologist and Mars-voyage hopeful Jamie Waterman. Jamie gets the nod because geologist #1 falls ill, and the much-loathed #2 is forced out by his colleagues; the tensions that build up through long months in space. Neither does the exploration of Mars run smoothly. Stepping down onto the red sand, Jamie offends the powers-that-be by lapsing into Navaho instead of parroting a politically correct prepared speech, a British doctor, hot to seduce one of the female crew members, neglects his job, a meteorite shower nearly destroys the explorers' living quarters, Jamie persuades mission control to let him approach a cliff village he's convinced he finds, the explorers fall mysteriously ill, Jamie's Mars buggy falls into a dust bowl while his crew are too weak to haul themselves out… Listen online to free English audiobook "Mars” on our website to experience Ben Bova's work.
