Melissa, Mars and Beyond / Melissa (ePub)

In this third Melissa book the fight against the Steltlings continues. While the love between Waz and Daniel blossoms, it is then seriously challenged, as an old foe is resurrected. The struggle spreads from the Moon to Mars and beyond with human survival on a knife edge. Stelt brings tales of bizarre species and new perspectives on life and the universe.

Earth in century C5 is a wonderful place to live. No conflict, no prisons, no famine, no overcrowding! It's such a wonderful place that it's unnatural. It's difficult to imagine that such a perfect place could be run by human beings. The world runs totally to the tune of Melissa. She is loyal to God, who is her father in all senses but biological. God's intellect is so vast that he can spin a story to lead his human followers in any direction he wishes. Some are more sceptical than others but God generally stays one step ahead.

Waz joins the Grand Council and her life is changed in many ways. A new mysterious man enters the fray. Could Waz have a brother? Daniel is delighted with the change in Waz but his deep love for her drives him a little crazy when things go awry.

We visit the domes of Mars which are quite different to the Moon colony. Life on Mars has its own style and sophistication. It's slowly becoming a second Earth as each decade passes. Nate, a leader on the Moon, has his world turned upside down more than once. He is so close to being executed and eaten, yet his guile keeps him alive while he helps Daniel in the grand fight.

A tense and exciting finale of the Melissa trilogy. An alien perspective of life on Earth and our place in the Universe.

Long live the human race.