Publisher's Synopsis
For two decades, the planet Mars has been colonized by the best and the brightest from Earth. In the city of Skyland, science-based experiments on gravity, weather, food, and waste management have been successful, and will be helpful to those still living on Earth. While the colonists on Mars have lived peacefully for years, strange things have started to happen in Skyland that the authorities have not been able to explain. When mental breakdowns and medical issues escalate into deaths, Commander Schuyler "Sky" Glenn Adams makes the decision to hire a new counselor to help him deal with the increasing emotional instability in the colony.
Counselor Sveva Gerard arrives on Mars and is eager to start her new position working with Sky to solve the mystery of the increasing emotional collapse of colonists. Together they learn that terrorists have infiltrated the colony with the single aim of altering the mental and physical stability of key individuals and disrupting progress within the colony. As this fact becomes clearer so do Sky's feelings for his new counselor.
Throughout the investigation Sveva demonstrates her ability to examine the growing danger and bands together with other key individuals to stabilize her new home and protect the colonists' way of life. Gradually following every lead and examining every piece of evidence, they ultimately learn the identity of the terrorists, and what they have done...
...but is it too late to save the colony and the scientific progress the colonists have made?
