Young Carmen Dula and her family are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime-they're going to Mars. But Carmen's rebellious streak leads her to venture out into the bleak Mars landscape alone, where she is saved by an angel. An angel with too many arms and legs, a head that looks like a potato gone bad-and a message for the humans on Mars:
We were here first...
Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--they're going to Mars, in this novel from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Accidental Time Machine" and "Old Twentieth."
"Intriguing...a thought-provoking meditation on time, history, and the potential for human evolution."
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BOOKPAGE"Recalling Robert A. Heinlein's
Red Planet and
Podkayne of Mars, Haldeman updates the Martian setting."
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Classic sci-fi to be savored."
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MONSTERS AND CRITICS
