The Mars Anomaly

When the Solar Flare took out the world’s power…

…nobody could explain why the street lights still glowed in Jakarta.

Was it a signal from space?
When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) transmits strange images of the Red a scientifically unexplained light phenomenon on the summit of Elysium Mons has the experts both concerned and baffled.

A team needed to check it out.

The mission to Mars was set.

Now, they had to build the team.

Dr. Rachel Fereira, a world-renowned linguist, enjoyed her life as a professor at Stanford University. Her bestseller about how a possible first contact with intelligent life might go brought her a small amount of fame, but she didn’t expect a call from NASA.

What were they keeping from the public?

Was she ready for space?