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Amazon.com Review

Although it doesn't live up to the praise lavished on it by such sci-fi masters as Arthur C. Clarke and Greg Bear, Mars Underground is a serviceable tale of life, work, and mystery on a near-future Mars. The year is 2031, and biologist Alwyn Stafford has disappeared during one of his unusual solo excursions into the desert. On his trail are Carter Jahns, reporter Annie Pohaku, and Phillipe Brach, Mars's artist-in-residence. Jahns learns that Stafford hasn't met a tragic end at all; rather, he has deliberately vanished. As the mystery unfolds--and the sexual tension between Jahns, Pohaku, and Brach peaks--it becomes clear that humans aren't the first visitors to the Red Planet.

From Library Journal

In his first novel, astronomer and planetary scientist Hartmann writes about human and alien civilizations on Mars in 2031. After biologist Dr. Alwyn Stafford goes off alone to explore the Martian landscape and disappears, the ensuing search discovers an alien artifact. This good character study explores relationships among humans and the planet Mars in the tradition of Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Recommended for sf collections.
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