by Kathleen McFall & Clark Hays<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publisher: <\/span>Pumpjack Press<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Series: The Halo Trilogy, Book 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pages: 318<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date of Publication: February 14th, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Categories: Science Fiction\/ Hard Boiled Detective<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT THE BOOK: <\/strong>The year is 2188 and the Earth\u2014long-ago abandoned for Mars by the plutocrats\u2014is scorched by poverty, disease, and environmental collapse. What these wealthy elite don’t know is that on his last trip upuniverse, Detective Crucial Larsen stumbled onto a secret that could destroy them. But he doesn\u2019t intend to use it. Fighting back against the ruling Five Families of Mars is a fool\u2019s game destined for failure\u2014or worse, he thinks. Plus, he never wants to set foot on that damn planet again. Then Melinda, his long-lost love and a staff scientist on Mars, begs for his help clearing her fianc\u00e9e of a murder charge. Crucial jumps on the next q-rocket, hoping maybe this time he can patch things up with Mel. His investigation ultimately leads back to the radiation-blasted sunbelt, where cannibal lizard-people\u2014a climate change mitigation genetic experiment gone terribly wrong\u2014hold the key to a different future, if only Crucial can stay alive long enough to unlock it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT THE AUTHORS: <\/strong>Clark and Kathleen wrote their first book together in 1999 as a test for marriage. They passed. Gates of Mars, <\/em>book one in The Halo Trilogy, is a 2020 Foreword INDIES Finalist for Science Fiction Book of the Year. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Scorched Earth<\/em> is their ninth co-authored book. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pumpjack Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Author Pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Facebook<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Connect with Kathleen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Goodreads<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Connect with Clark<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Goodreads<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Amazon<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> \u2551 <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the blog names for direct links to book reviews. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/cover_med_res_scorched_earth.jpg\")
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