Mars Rising: The Ones We Save (Saving Mars)

No reinforcements. No return. No room for failure.

Jessamyn Jaarda is out of time. With Mars on the brink of annihilation and Earth's Chancellor tightening her grip, Jess agrees to a final, desperate gambit-returning to Earth to prove she belongs to the Martian colony she once fled. The invitation is a trap. The consequences of refusal are worse.

Accompanied by allies who've risked everything to stand beside her, Jess must navigate deadly politics, ancient betrayals, and the impossible expectations of two worlds. If she fails, the Mars colony will be destroyed. If she succeeds, she might still lose everything.

As past choices come full circle and buried truths rise, Jess must decide who she is, what she stands for, and whether she's willing to pay the price of peace.

The fate of two planets will be decided-and Jessamyn must rise.

With over a million books sold, Cidney Swanson writes award-winning sci-fi and fantasy for YA readers craving wholesome adventures where tenacious heroines overcome impossible odds. When she's not sending characters into peril, Cidney is likely obsessing over her neurodiverse-driven special interests (language, Disney, Mars, and Shakespeare). Cidney divides her year between Oregon and Florida along with her family and entirely too much rain. You can visit her at her eponymous website.Cidney is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and Novelists, Inc. (NINC). Her awards include the 2014 SCBWI Spark Honor for SAVING MARS, for which she was also named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2012. In 2020, she was the inaugural recipient of the Good Story Grant.