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Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Epilogue

Deimos Station Chapter One

Deimos Station Chapter Two

Deimos Station Chapter Three

Copyright © 2021 I.O. Adler

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, copied in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or recording, or otherwise transmitted without written permission from the publisher. You must not circulate this book in any format.

Published by Lucas Ross Publishing.

Author website: ioadler.com

Edited by Brittany Dory at Blue Minerva Copyediting

Cover Design by AFG Illustrations.

Image used in cover art courtesy of NASA.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to similarly named places or to persons living or deceased is unintentional.

Shadows of Mars

by

I.O. Adler

Broken Stars Book One

Chapter One

“My dad’s a rock star, my mom’s an astronaut on Mars, and once I get my master’s in water chemistry, I’m going to apply for upper management.”

Carmen Vincent forced a smile and hoped this response was snippy enough to end the conversation with her workmate Nora. The room was stuffy. She unzipped and pulled off her red hoodie and reclipped her ID badge to the front of her black T-shirt. The photo of her was off, making her skin appear a darker shade of brown. The photographer also hadn’t waited for her to retie her ponytail. The poof of black hair made it look like she had just rolled out of bed.

Nora remained leaning in the doorway to the Ross County Water Treatment control room and didn’t appear to be going anywhere. She was a tall woman, mid-fifties with a broad jaw. She had big arms and wide shoulders and Carmen wondered if she lifted weights.

Carmen shifted slightly in her chair to block the screen of her laptop.

Nora snorted. “The point of two truths and a lie is to only lie once. Come on, Carmen, lighten up. You’re new on the night shift crew. The bosses don’t care what we do as long as we pick up the phone before it rings three times.”

As if to emphasize her point she produced a flask, took a swig, and offered it to Carmen.

Carmen closed the laptop. “No thanks.”

Nora set the flask down in the center of the long table, rounded the workstation, and took

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