"Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a
lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for
any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances
action, science, humor, and most importantly, two compelling main
characters in Liam and Phoebe. A fantastic start to an epic new series."
--Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for
Good and Evil series
"Emerson's writing explodes off the page in this irresistible space
adventure, filled with startling plot twists, diabolical aliens, and (my
favorite!) courageous young heroes faced with an impossible task."
--Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Unwanteds
series
It is Earth year 2213--but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not
since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun
the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but
this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second
trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess
at where we might find a new home.
Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of
two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology
vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will
be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is
destroyed.
Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will
make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space
and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe
locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.
