The Man from Mars: The Asteroid Mining Caper

Colin Fraser was the first man to walk on Mars as commander of the Ares. But little did he know that his greatest adventure would take place after he returned to Earth from the Red Planet. With further voyages of interplanetary exploration curtailed due to budget cuts, Fraser joined a private company that proposed to capture an asteroid and mine it for its almost limitless wealth. The only catch was that he would have to commit the first act of space piracy in history by stealing his old ship and using it to divert the asteroid named Daedalus. Stealing the ship, diverting the asteroid, and avoiding federal prison or destruction will be the least of Fraser’s worries, however. “The Man from Mars: The Asteroid Mining Caper” is the latest space adventure by Mark R. Whittington, author of “Children of Apollo,” “The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories,” and “Dreams of Barry’s Stepfather.”