The Earth is scorched…

 

Dire food and water shortages are coming. The President mobilizes all government resources, but the solution remains out of reach.

 

Until Dr. Julie McCray discovers Martian bacteria…

 

That can absorb vast quantities of Earth’s carbon dioxide molecules, exactly what the planet needs to survive.

But it’s on Mars, 40 million miles away.

President Martha Jennings orders Julie to bring the Martian microbes back. With her launch window closing, Julie discovers her mission’s been sabotaged by a mysterious NASA insider, aimed at stealing the valuable alien bacteria. 

If Julie fails to find the culprit, it’ll be years before another rocket can be sent and

By then…

 

millions will have perished from the escalating heat.