Noctilucents Volume One: Martian Blood
Noctilucents 1: Martian Blood
When the Prometheus exploded, everything changed. The ship was meant to retrieve a team of colonists from Mars. Instead, it ushered in a decade of chaos and left the colonists stranded.
For all sixteen years of his life, Tom has known nothing but the red dirt of Mars and the cramped research base he calls home. That and stories of Earth, a silent blue dot in his sky. As the base’s resources dwindle and tensions between the surviving colonists run high, Tom makes a promise to himself: he’ll get to Earth or die trying.
Sophia Kasparov, daughter of the AI expert behind the Prometheus, triggers a global media frenzy when she accidentally reveals her father’s plans to launch a rescue mission to Mars. Support for the controversial mission is hard to come by, especially when it’s opposed by the ruthless anti-spaceflight eco-fundamentalist Cita Stone. As Sophia struggles to navigate the political chaos surrounding the mission, she uncovers a fifteen-year-old mystery that could change everything: the truth about the Prometheus disaster – and that her father will risk everything for his plans, even her.
Martian Blood: Top Reviews
Easy to read and engaging…. Can't wait for the follow-up!
I did thoroughly enjoy the novel and would recommend to anyone whether they read Sci-Fi genres or not!
Gripping storyline on a fantastic Martian landscape
Interesting, tense, showed character development, and had me clinging to the edge of my seat in suspense
I would definitely recommend ‘Martian Blood’ as I found it very easy to read and follow along with, and I think what also made it enjoyable was the themes it explored such as death, independence, love and many more, meaning that there are aspects to keep you hooked
A fast, easy read, with well thought out science and politics
Hard to put down
It's honestly been a really long time since I've read a Sci-Fi that made me so excited! Made sure to set aside time to read this because once you start you won't be able to stop.
I can't wait to read more. I don't often finish books as quickly - this one took me only a few days.
A wonderfully imaginative exploration into the future of the planet and space travel
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Martian Blood: The Sounds
Each of the characters has its own sound. For example:
Tom: Editors
Sophia: Ellie Goulding
Daniel: Gorillaz
Also, some scenes have their sounds, such as Tom in space is Progression Sessions 5. The overall sound of the series is Temper Trap’s Sweet Disposition, in particular the Bootleg remix.
Listen to the full sound track in the playlist below. Can you guess which is for Alejandro?
Martian Blood: Fly Tom’s Route in a Mars Flight Simulator
If you open up this KMZ file in Google Earth you can fly Tom’s route using the flight simulator. You can start the flight simulator when in Google Earth using menu option Tools|Enter Flight Simulator… or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+A.
You can download Google Earth from here.
Flying on Mars!