Escape to Midas

Book Two in the Mars Alone TrilogyIt's 2313 and a battle for the future of humankind is brewing. The battleground is spaceLast year Leo Fischer and Skater Monroe were normal kids living normal lives, worrying about school, dealing with family issues, planning their futures...

This year they're hiding out on Mars, hunted by a psychopathic megalomaniac - who happens to be the most powerful individual in the Solar System. He claims the two of them are interplanetary terrorists and is demanding their heads on a plate.

In the thrilling second instalment of the Mars Alone Trilogy, Leo and Skater, together with an artificial intelligence called Taffy whose mind contains the knowledge of an ancient alien civilisation, must face the consequences of fighting an enemy who has been lying to the entire human race and will stop at nothing to protect his secrets.

About the Author

Andrew Stickland is a prize-winning poet and short-story writer whose work has variously been published by the British Fantasy Society, Games Workshop, the Royal Statistical Society and The Economist. He studied law at University College London, then creative writing at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. He lives in Cambridge.

‘Combines rocket-fuelled storytelling with an Isaac Asimov-level enquiry into what it means to be human. Highly recommended’ Amanda Craig, New Statesman

'Part space-adventure, part coming-of-age story, The Arcadian Incident takes readers into a vividly imagined future 300 years from now. With quicksilver prose and a pacy plot, the story pulls you into the worlds of Leo and Skater and keeps you reading and guessing until the very last page. And if you fall for these characters, like I did, you can rejoice that the next two volumes of The Mars Alone Trilogy are soon to come!' Melissa Fu, author, Peach Blossom Spring

'Brilliantly pacy, imaginative, high-stakes sci-fi adventure set on Mars - a must-read for all YA thriller fans' Emma Haughton, author, The Dark

'Escape to Midas is a beautifully paced, unputdownable story. More than just an adventure in space, it's a technologically believable picture of the solar system four centuries from now, riddled with personal and political threats which resonate with our present. Stickland's world-building rings true down to every grain of Martian dust, and the story ends on a breathtaking cliffhanger. Reassure me that there will be a third instalment!' Victoria Whitworth, author, Swimming with Seals

'The Mars Alone Trilogy continues at pace. Epic, thrilling, with such glorious world-building and magnetic characters, I couldn't put it down' Fran Harris

'An immersive adventure that transports the reader to space - and to new worlds that we can only imagine, but our descendants may well even experience. If you like science fiction with strong characterisation and a political edge, this is for you' Katharine Quarmby, author, No Place to Call Home

Andrew Stickland is a prize-winning poet and short-story writer whose work has variously been published by the British Fantasy Society, Games Workshop, the Royal Statistical Society and The Economist. He studied law at University College London, then creative writing at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. He lives in Cambridge.

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