The Martian Enigma: The first spacecraft crew to land on Mars encounters an enigma that threatens their safe return

Deep Space Travel to Mars #1

by Daniel Logan

The first spacecraft crew to land on mars encounters an enigma that threatens their safe return.

Two crew members of NASA's Ares V spacecraft are the first to land on Mars.

Andrew, a loveable android commander, and pilot Nathan Lamar are prepared for any contingency — except the one they experience.

They encounter an unimaginable enigma that jeopardizes their safe return home and threatens the future of the Ares program.



“An adventure that women and men will both enjoy, filled with wonderful characters and an android to die for.” ~ Vickie from Texas

“Logan keeps your finger on the page turner button and provides real insight into how a Mars landing might be conducted." ~ Jim from London

"Logan offers a compelling narrative that gives readers a bird's eye view of the complexities of space travel.” ~ Ronald from Indiana

Genres: Science Fiction

210 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2021

About the author

Logan lives in Houston, America's "Space City" and home of the Johnson Space Center.

He is a graduate of Purdue University, known as the "Cradle of Astronauts" because of its many alumni, including Neil Armstrong, who became astronauts.

Whether at the controls of the legendary Spruce Goose or his own aircraft, Logan is fascinated by aviation and space.

The Martian Enigma is about the first NASA crew to land on Mars. They encounter an enigma that threatens their safe return. The story's conflict is about the use of robotics or human crews for deep space exploration.

The Deimos Incident is Logan's second book in his deep space travel series. An incident on Deimos causes us to change our concept of the universe.

In The Phobos Expedition, Logan melds the western heritage of Texas and NASA’s space program into an exciting tale of adventure and intrigue.

Logan began writing with his Ancient Secrets series of time-travel novels, The First Migration, The Lost Portal, and The Spirit Gate.

Logan's series about Martian missions retains the character-driven plots enjoyed in his previous time-travel books.

Reviews

[Richard Bate]

A good read on many levels.

The writing in this novel is easy to read and the character building very smooth.
With the hint of what’s going to happen next, keeping you turning the pages. I would recommend this book as it all felt plausible in the near future. The banter between the humans and androids garnering a chuckle and at times and mistrust at others. Give it a try, I enjoyed it.

[gloria marquardt]

A puzzle.

I don't see it. What was the enigma? The book was good. But the title led to expectations that weren't delivered.

[Kev]

Quite good!

[Brenda]

what will we find on Mars?

A fantastic read blending science, fiction, adventure and romance. You will not be able to put it down. Suspenseful and entertaining.

[Alexander Agnew]

Enjoyable read

I didn't like the relationship dynamics in the story. I tend to avoid stories which touch on that. However I will persevere

[Monty Bates]

Solidly Thought Through

Thumbs up to this writer. I can imagine myself in space and on Mars just by reading this. I can't wait to read the next one in line!

[Garry Whitmore]

I was slightly disappointed with this final volume of the author's Mars trilogy. It goes out with a bit of a whimper rather than a bang. The two previous parts, introduce the idea of an ancient alien presence on Mars, so in this last part and the characters finally arrive on Mars, the whole alien aspect is almost forgotten and we learn very little more. Maybe the author intends to write more and add a fourth volume, but if not it was a wasted opportunity.

Otherwise, the story is almost up there with the prior volumes, It's weakened by a melodramatic subplot about advanced androids misbehaving, although the whole advanced androids aspect of all the volumes I found to be a weak point of the series the technology required to produce near human androids as shown in the tale is completely out of step with the rest of technology used.

That said it still was worth the read.