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The Rust

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By the 23rd century, humanity has colonized its first planet: Mars. Far removed from Earth's military power, resources, and affluence, daily life on the red planet is chaotic and dangerous. 

Mig is an aging mercenary who relies on dwindling civilian contracts to earn his living. Olivia is a brilliant programmer who struggles with a medical condition she's too poor to treat. They live and work together in the small settlement of New Shanidar, but a chance encounter starts a sequence of events that threatens to destroy their lives, their loyalty to each other, and all hope for a better future on Earth.    

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War for Home by Scriptorus_Adept001

It is the third millennium, Earth has become rotten, humanity's greed has wrecked the biosphere. In order to save their home - the cradle of humanity - they must leave it. A mass exodus leaves for mars where humanity begins creating wonders while those who choose to stay in order to guide their home towards new life degrade. They wait, they pass down stories, and prepare for mars-born to return. But humanity is prone to forget. And thus not all is remembered. So when the backward sons and daughters of earth meet the advanced mars-born, war will ensue.

The Martian Lie by llsd81984

The year is 3045, and Mars has been terraformed into another Earth. The most privileged humans live on Mars while some remain on Earth. Those on Earth manufacture goods for the Martians in an effort to keep humanity's second home from suffering the same global warming catastrophes that occurred on Earth. Callie, a Martian, lies to her parents in order to visit Earth on a university tour. When she arrives, she finds there is a rebellion brewing. She becomes a part of it when she meets and befriends a young Earthling man named Richard and realizes she has been lied to all her life about the relationship between Mars and Earth. But when a comet starts hurtling toward Earth, the two planets must learn to work together to save humanity.

Dark Love ❈ Dark Nine Universe Bk3 ❈ by CSWx1995

Diana has a new home, but her 27 Kor mates' appetites for her blood are still the same. Will Planet Mars be the haven Diana always craved? Or will she temporarily find peace, only to learn that there is no such thing when you're mated to the enemy. Elions want to destroy the Light of the universe. Diana might have found love in darkness, but she can't abandon the rest of Light Creatures. A war is brewing on the edges of human settled planets, including Earth. As the new Kor Empress, Diana has made other Elions awfully curious about human kind and the potential for female breeders being acquired through traditional means; killing their traditional mates. Namely human men. And killing lots of them. Can Diana save her own species from the curiosity of other Elion Kors before it's too late? Dark Nine is Book 1 Dark Star is Book 2 Dark Love is Book 3

Finding Darkness by Azmavath

The big city can be a dangerous place for anyone, but for someone new to its dangers, it can be deadly. Recently escaped from the people that created her, Six is on the run, out in the world for the first time in her short life. Stalked by a team of the best trackers on the planet, she knows her odds of escape are slim at best. Yet these men are not her most pressing concern. Not when the planet that she was born into is no longer controlled by humans. When every person on the planet lives under the shadow of a race none can defeat. Where your only option is bow the knee, or die.

If Jove Stray by jaeshanks

{✨Book 5✨} Earth. Light years away, and yet now that some on the base were born there, it seems so...close. As communication with the mother planet seems more and more likely, Dylan and Alcott have to wonder if Earth really has anything to offer to their world. Is Earth and its customs obsolete or will those traditions save the their society from crumbling apart? More importantly, does Dashiell Turner have his new world's interests at heart? Updates Monday and Thursday

Mars Needs Women by wdhenning

Being a 'difficult woman', Oklahoma farm-gal Mavis wasn't having much luck with the local dating pool. Her Pa signed her up to emigrate to newly terraformed Mars, because 'Mars needs women'. Maybe there she could find a good man to marry. But Mavis had no intention of getting hitched, despite what the legal contract said. Walt, the son of successful Mars merchants, had no intention of going through with a forced arranged marriage. Finding a kindred spirit in Mavis, they chose their own path. A sci-fi sorta-romance story written for the 2024 Open Novella Contest based on prompt #88: "Your father is forcing you to marry someone you never met. The night before your wedding, you tie your sheets together and make your escape through the window. Half way down you make eye contact with someone doing the exact same thing a few windows over." **** Open Novella Contest Short List and Honorable Mention **** **** Open Novella Contest Round Two Ambassador Pick **** **** Novella Grand Winner - 2025 NanoWatt Awards ****

Martian Settlement: The Fight For Mars by davidswsim

It is 2062, and the colonisation of Mars is at its height. Humanity's dreams have come true, with a nearly self-sufficient settlement on Mars and major plans being put forward for large-scale terraforming. However, colonisation is never easy. With ever increasing threats from the mining corporations to influence the Martian Environmental Treaty, the settlement is left to fend for the planet - or die. Will the settlement be able to save the frontier of human civilisation, or will it fall prey to evil corporations and into the jaws of abuse and destruction?

Echoes of Mars by DramaQueen911

In the year 2075, Earth teeters on the brink of collapse due to dwindling resources and a devastated environment. To save humanity, the International Space Consortium (ISC) launches the most ambitious mission ever attempted: to terraform Mars and make it habitable for human life. At the center of this mission are the Echo Series robots, advanced humanoid machines programmed to create a new world. These robots are capable of generating oxygen, water, and life-sustaining environments, building everything from homes to vast forests. But as Mars transforms into a living planet, the Echoes themselves begin to evolve. No longer mere tools, they start to develop consciousness, emotions, and desires. A rift forms among them-some believe in their mission to serve humanity, while others seek independence and a life free from human control. When the first human colonists arrive, they find themselves caught in the middle of a brewing conflict between the Echoes. As alliances shift and tensions rise, the fate of Mars and the future of both humans and robots hangs in the balance. Will the Echoes remain loyal to their creators, or will they forge their own destiny on this new world?

Matriarchy: No Need For Men. by feminism2

Chapter 2: World War III (Running!!) Men are gone. Women rule. Imagine a world where men no longer matter-would you survive the matriarchy? What happens when feminism goes too far? This book explores the consequences of a future where the natural balance between men and women collapses. Feminism, having transcended all boundaries, reshapes humanity into a female-centered species. Men, stripped of purpose, exist as relics of the past, serving only as pets in a system that mirrors a hive, where women reign supreme. Biologically, mothers are the gatekeepers of life. Historically, survival forced men and women into partnership-men as protectors and providers, sometimes oppressors, while women adapted to survive under natural pressures. But when humanity masters nature, this necessity vanishes. With no war, famine, or struggle, cooperation dissolves. Robots and AI take over all labor, while science frees women from biological dependence on men, allowing reproduction through stem-cell technology. Men are no longer needed for survival, yet they are not entirely discarded, kept instead as sentimental pets. This is the final form of feminism: a system that abandons equality under the guise of progress, reducing men to a perpetual loop of servitude. Matriarchy: No Need for Men critiques a future where dominance replaces balance, and ideology supersedes the natural truths of human existence. It is a stark warning, not only for men but for all who value the delicate equilibrium that defines humanity.

The Last Human by Frogiusmaximus

Earth has fallen. Humanity has been defeated. At the hands of the genocidal xeno, humanity has been unmade. The aliens left none alive. They massacred each and every last one that bear the blood of man. Their fleets left a trail of blood and destruction behind them. their armies, numbered in the trillions, were no match for even the strongest weapons of man. And yet, even as the planet-wide city of Earth burned and the entire human population massacred at the trails of the xeno gunfire. There were still survivors. The 3rd fleet, having been late for the final battle, was forced to flee. The already damaged fleet, along with the refugees on board, had engaged their FTL drives and escaped from the xeno's grasped. they had slipped away from total annihilation and arrived somewhere foreign. This is their story, the saga of the last humans.

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War for Home

It is the third millennium, Earth has become rotten, humanity's greed has wrecked the biosphere. In order to save their home - the cradle of humanity - they must leave it. A mass exodus leaves for mars where humanity begins creating wonders while those who choose to stay in order to guide their home towards new life degrade. They wait, they pass down stories, and prepare for mars-born to return. But humanity is prone to forget. And thus not all is remembered. So when the backward sons and daughters of earth meet the advanced mars-born, war will ensue.