"Another solid slice of Down Under literature to amaze and disturb...It will sweep you up and leave you breathless..." (Jeff Ritchie) Decorated, retired astronaut Jordie MacAlister has retreated to the rugged West Coast of Scotland: his wife dead, his career cut short and his life in disarray. His solitude is suddenly blown away when an entire, top-secret NASA database is inexplicably downloaded into his computer. He understands that such a thing is impossible, and yet it has happened, and MacAlister knows he is in deep trouble. In desperation he turns to his old friend, retired professor and self-confessed conspiracy theorist Alan Sinclair, for help. Together they attempt to hide the stolen data before Jordie is arrested, but an even greater danger awaits them, something that threatens the entire planet. What was always considered a barren, dead world, the mysterious planet Mars is proving to be much more. Somethng monstrous has awakened in its red soil. When the alien enity makes its way to Earth, Jordie and Alan must race against the approaching apocalypse in a bid to find possible salvation hidden in the NASA files.