// I DO NOT own any characters mentioned in this book besides Samantha Barnes. I have created her specifically for this book. Rights go to Andy Weir for writing The Martian and creating all the amazing characters and events. This fanfiction is based on the movie and the book. //
Ares III landed on Mars on November 7, 2035. The crew consisted of Commander Melissa Lewis, Rick Martinez, Beth Johansen, Chris Beck, Alex Vogel, Mark Watney and me, Samantha Barnes.
Disaster wasn't supposed to strike... Or well, it wasn't supposed to hit as hard as it did.
Watney was hit by the antenna that was attached to the ship...
And naturally (yeah, right), I went after him.
This is the story of our survival.
[Open Novella Contest 2019 Ambassadors Pick]
2061. Mars was officially certified as inhabitable.
2067. Mankind finally got a breath of Mars.
On the day she is set to marry her fiancé, Daria (Ria) Diles is tasked by the International Space Agency (ISA) with a standard reconnoitre mission on Mars. Becoming the youngest flight captain at the age of twenty-two has Ria jumping to prove herself to the agency, so she accepts her orders without hesitation.
However, the routine orbit and observe mission quickly takes drastic turns when their module is pulled by unknown gravitational forces and explodes on Mar's surface. Stranded on a foreign planet with no way home, the crew of the Luna Module find themselves in a remorseless fight for survival. Ria's new mission becomes to ensure the safety of her 12-man crew, but just because Mars is inhabitable doesn't mean it's survivable.