Author Description

A lonely scientist must survive a Martian sandstorm... without asking for directions!<br/><br/>Ligia, an overweight geologist, copes with day-to-day harassment from her prospecting mates, advantaged by Mars’ high female-to-male ratio. While the specter of an all-out war looms over the Red planet, she imagines the floating cities of Venus, where the mostly male scientists work to reverse the hothouse effect of their inhospitable world.<br/>When a freak accident leaves her stranded in the desert, with her team unable to assist, Ligia must draw upon her meager resources and rising anger to extend her life. But is survival really worth it when death can plunge from the sky at any moment?<br/>A quirky SF novelette featuring a proud and resourceful heroine, squeezed inside a narrow-minded society.<br/><br/>"...an account of a resourceful fat (this is a plot point) female protagonist stuck on Mars.”<br/>--Can Litt Reviews - issue 200 Canadian Literature