The White House and MASSnews collude to turn the first colonial mission to Mars into a hit reality show. What could go wrong? "Mars Girl is fast-paced, insightful, inventive and very, very funny. Its vision of where the mutual dependence of politicians and media producers will end is both hilarious and a little frightening. Put Karl Rove and Groucho Marx in a smoke-filled room, spin well on a 24-hour news cycle, and you get Mars Girl." -Marc J. Sheehan

Alexis Sparks finds herself over 200 years in the future, a captive of a child-labor outfit based on Triton, Neptune's largest moon. She and her new companions are forced to dig micro-diamonds within the network of subterranian passages beneath the surface of Neptune. Dangerous animals lurk within these tunnels. Alexis must figure out a way to overthrow the cruuel commander of this facility and escape back to Earth.

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