Better off Dead

Nathan Colt is not on Mars to build a new life. He's come to here for one reason only-to find his cousin Noah and bring him home. Noah travelled to Mars seeking adventure and opportunity. But two years later, he's vanished without a trace.

Colt has thirty days before the planetary alignment closes the door home for the next eighteen months. Mars is a dangerous frontier, idealistic settlers mixing uneasily with ruthless opportunists. Following Noah's fading trail north along a route locals grimly call "The Widow's Road," Colt discovers unsettling truths: idealistic colonies disappearing overnight, settlers missing without explanation, and rumours of something hidden deep within the Martian wilderness.

When Colt rescues desperate settlers only to be betrayed, he finds himself forced into survival mode, fighting off corporate mercenaries, bandits-and Mars itself. Time is running out. Colt must uncover the truth and find Noah-dead or alive. On Mars, everyone is a potential victim-and Colt might already be too late.