The Delphi, under the command of Captain Beth Mitchell, is sent to Mars on humanity's first terraforming expedition to another planet. Young Hunter Wilison, the son of the Peacekeeper Councilman Admiral Tim Wilison and the brilliant computer expert Patricia Huxley Wilison, stows away aboard the ship where he must escape detection until they are past the point of no return on their voyage to the red planet.
However, the crime cartel of Juan David isn't finished with the Peacekeepers. In his quest for revenge, the drug lord turned pirate, decides to attack the Delphi as she makes her way to Mars. A battle ensues when multiple pirate vessels close with the Delphi in deep space, and Hunter must risk discovery to assist the beleaguered Peacekeeper ship.
As the trip progresses, Beth begins to have her dreams again. Only this time, she isn't seeing events to come, but rather the events of the past. Over a period of several dreams, she discovers that the Delphi isn't the first Earth ship to attempt to colonize Mars. She's the second. Will her dreams help her avoid the fate of the lost Argos?
To make matters worse, Beth is forced to utilize continuous acceleration to the halfway point of her voyage in order to escape the pursuing pirate ships. As they begin their deceleration, her crew sickens and the illness grows worse by the day. As they approach Mars and the braking maneuvers intensify, so do the symptoms of the sickness. Alarmed by the scenes of collapsing crewmen he sees, after hacking into the Delphi's security cameras, Hunter attempts to warn the Captain, only to discover the command center crew is incapacitated. If he doesn't stop the ship, the Delphi will burn up in the thin atmosphere of Mars.
What follows is an action packed adventure that explores what it might be like to go on a terraforming mission to Mars aboard a Peacekeeper ship. It also explores the political ramifications of such a mission when the world believes the United States is attempting to seize control of an entire planet, and Russia makes the same claim on the very same day.
Genre: Science Fiction
However, the crime cartel of Juan David isn't finished with the Peacekeepers. In his quest for revenge, the drug lord turned pirate, decides to attack the Delphi as she makes her way to Mars. A battle ensues when multiple pirate vessels close with the Delphi in deep space, and Hunter must risk discovery to assist the beleaguered Peacekeeper ship.
As the trip progresses, Beth begins to have her dreams again. Only this time, she isn't seeing events to come, but rather the events of the past. Over a period of several dreams, she discovers that the Delphi isn't the first Earth ship to attempt to colonize Mars. She's the second. Will her dreams help her avoid the fate of the lost Argos?
To make matters worse, Beth is forced to utilize continuous acceleration to the halfway point of her voyage in order to escape the pursuing pirate ships. As they begin their deceleration, her crew sickens and the illness grows worse by the day. As they approach Mars and the braking maneuvers intensify, so do the symptoms of the sickness. Alarmed by the scenes of collapsing crewmen he sees, after hacking into the Delphi's security cameras, Hunter attempts to warn the Captain, only to discover the command center crew is incapacitated. If he doesn't stop the ship, the Delphi will burn up in the thin atmosphere of Mars.
What follows is an action packed adventure that explores what it might be like to go on a terraforming mission to Mars aboard a Peacekeeper ship. It also explores the political ramifications of such a mission when the world believes the United States is attempting to seize control of an entire planet, and Russia makes the same claim on the very same day.
Genre: Science Fiction
Visitors also looked at these books
Used availability for Ricky Sides's The Delphi