"Devon's Island – TEASER"

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Other stories will take you to Mars. This one will take you inside the boardroom, the pub, and the bedroom with the people planning the mission. Gurdeep is an engineer and a soldier. Georgie’s a food scientist. One is pragmatic with a tough outer shell; the other's an optimist, a person of ideas and compassion. In the span of a single afternoon, the couple find themselves in charge of planning a self-sustaining colony on Mars. Together, they’re humanity’s last hope for survival. They have 160 slots to fill with experts from all over the world as they set about designing an all-new society with its own government, economy, and culture – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Among those chosen for the mission is Devon, an autistic scientist with a unique skill set who finds life on Earth strange and alienating. Maybe a whole new planet is exactly what's needed. With 1,114 days until the launch, excitement and tensions run high. Earth’s second chance hangs in the balance. Between strict genetic requirements and the dangers of the dystopian almost-present, will everyone make it to the final countdown? This is a work of neurodiverse, culturally diverse, gender-bendy, socio-politico-economic, drunken-arguments-in-the-pub science fiction – not bang-bang-pew-pew science fiction. Don't say you weren't warned. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * When you sign up to my newsletter, you will receive access to all my freebies, including: Stardust Wake: An extremely geeky LitRPG short story (Starship Teapot series and White Hart series #0.5) The Left Hand of Dog: An extremely silly tale of alien abduction (first five chapters only, Starship Teapot series #1) Devon's Island: Planning the first permanent Mars colony (first three chapters only, White Hart series #1) Past Imperfect: Life in the first permanent Mars colony (short story, White Hart series #1.5) Dare vs the Doll: A not-actually-scary horror short story (standalone)