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The New Mars
The New Mars (The New Mars Saga Book 1)
The New Mars
John L. Manning Jr.
The story starts out with an introduction of investors investing into a project of turning Mars into a vacation spot with a retirement community. The workers of this project are looking for more to do during their off hours besides eat and sleep. Some of these workers build pod racers out of old rovers and other discarded mechanics to race around the terrain of Mars.These workers have formed teams to race each other and the Mars Dome wants to join in with the fun. The Mars Dome was the first three story dome that has grown into three Domes. The third dome is being constructed as this book begins. The third dome of the now Mars Domes is a Hotel Dome for vacationers. This dome is built faster than they expected, so the extra workers from the Hotel Dome project join the Tent project.A separate tent has been started for the retirees with a big mall at the other end of a street from the entrance of this tent with condominiums on each side. This Mall has a gym and spa for the retirees to get there exercise with a food court and restaurants this mall even has all of the stores that you would expect in a shopping mall. But on the second floor of this mall, is a hospital with rooms for the retirees that need full time care. Because of the less gravity of Mars, these retirees are active at the park and sports facilities. The Pod races grow and a team from the Mars Domes join the teams of racers from the Tent project. The racers from the Mars Domes want to have spectators for these races, so they construct six one room domes with stands inside around the race cores. These teams of racers from the Tent project are made up of Builders, Technician, and Freelance workers. The Team from the Mars Domes have the advantage from scientists and newer materials, so there is a bit of complaining.As the construction of the Tents goes on and the races get bigger, one of the managers get the idea of building a sports tent. The idea sports facility is a hit with the investors to build a vacation spot that is full of activates. This sports tent in cases a small creator with a racetrack around the inner crust of this creator there is room for an active retiree community in this creator and much more. There is even a stadium in this Tent B and a gaming center with all kinds of games.A small group of vacationers that want to be one of the first gusts on Mars show up and they explore the three tents and just love the Pod races. After they go there are some extreme sports stars invited to brake in the park, and they bring their family to join in with the fun. The story ends with the now called "The New Mars Project" with all three tents ready for hundreds of guests.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Science Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12
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"The New Mars" by John L. Manning Jr. is science fiction. It encapsulates what life would be like if Mars were colonized. First in the series of several Mars books, this details the beginning stages of civilization. Malls,condos, entertainment facilities, and other structures are built towards the very end of the novel. The bulk of the plot focuses on NASA workers building racing vehicles dubbed Pods. While working on several machines, the workers find that they have many left over parts. Thus, they begin to build their Pods and race them.

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