Lisa Richman • Author

NASA's offering boarding passes to Mars. Are you ready to sign up? July, 2020 marks the launch of the next Mars Rover mission. This mission will address high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, and will hopefully answer key questions about the potential for life on Mars. The mission will both seek signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past, as well as search for signs of past microbial life. More than 5 million people have submitted their names to be included in the next Rover mission. If you're interested in adding yours to the list, go to NASA's landing site to submit your information for review . You'll get the opportunity to download your very own boarding pass, as well as begin to rack up some serious Frequent Flyer points. You can also learn more about the goals of the mission, and read the mission overview in some of the links at the top of NASA's page. Kudos to the space agency's marketing team for a truly enga

How does one sneak into a foreign nation and rescue the oppressed? Very carefully. Those who colonized the binary star system of Sirius pulled a bait-and-switch on their colonists. The Hegemony offered transportation, food, and shelter for those who could not afford it. In exchange, the new colonists agreed to work off the expense of their passage. But the Hegemony has no intention of setting them free. Hidden in the fine print Generations later, the Hegemony is still selling indentured servitude as a convenient fiction for slavery — and they have no intention of ever letting the Noctus go free. Not only that, but those in power are taking it to an entirely different level. It's time for this to end That's where Task Force Phantom Blade comes in. Jason and the crew of the Avon Vale partner with an underground railroad to rescue the oppressed, in  Sirius , the fifth and final book in this story arc , available now on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. SIRI