Deception of Truth

"So we are going to do what? Tell them that Mars-?" I began, exasperated, only to be cut off by one finger pressed firmly against my lips
He smirked, looking up at the pristine black sky, the stars that glimmered there, and the moon, her crescent brightness staring back. He glanced over towards me and eyed me for a long moment before he replied:
"That's exactly what we'll say," he replied, as if he could read my mind.

Freshly 18-year-old Evaline Stella is appalled by the state of her home, a city called Idis on the dying planet Mars. Pollution has caused more of a mess than anyone could have imagined, making Idis, and every other city on Mars, unlivable. To top it all off, the world leaders have no solutions.
Leave for one: Find another world to inhabit, start over, and do better.
Evaline volunteers for an exhibition to other life sustaining planets, and she is selected to be sent to the blue planet next door, Azure.
She won't be going alone though. Hundreds of men and women are chosen to explore the galaxies expanses, looking for a new home. Aster Vex, an incredibly bright but overworked engineer, is to be her companion.
The two arrive on Azure and find that, while sustainable, they are the only other humans.
The plan they come up with together for the future of Mars, and Azure, and the story of their endeavors is one that will be told for eons to come.