Phobos Rising: A Science Fiction Psychological Thriller

In the remote mining city of Acidalia, the northernmost human settlement on Mars, Chief Superintendent Dett Cassini’s first watch is not going as planned.

A massive dust storm smothers the city, cutting it off from the outside world. In the midst of this crisis, a man ploughs a service vehicle through the crowded city streets, killing a dozen people and injuring several more. Confronted not only with the apparent terrorist act but also with the imminent failure of the city’s atmospheric system, Dett can’t afford to wait until the comms come back on to figure out what happened and why. If he doesn’t solve the mystery now, thousands more could die.

As Dett’s world unravels, he enlists the help of an unorthodox psychiatrist to find answers, the implications of which reach further than he ever could have imagined.

Phobos Rising is a genre-bending, fast paced thriller that fuses hard sci-fi, psychology and ancient archetypes, with a serving of blockbuster action to create a gripping, movie-length read.

This novella is printed using chlorine-free ink and acid-free, 30 % post-consumer waste recycled paper in A-format.