The Rocket Scientist delivers a near-future thriller where the most dangerous discovery in the solar system may not be alien life — but what humans are willing to do to possess it.
When her Mars rover detects living microbes capable of absorbing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, Dr. Julie McCray, the tenacious director of JPL’s Mars program, believes she has discovered the breakthrough humanity has been waiting for: the way to reverse Earth’s accelerating climate crisis.
But within hours, the rover is shut down, its data seized, and communications blocked. Julie is devastated, not realizing powerful forces inside the U.S. government — and rival foreign agencies watching from the shadows — are fighting to control the organism before the world ever learns it exists.
Then Julie uncovers an inside saboteur, forcing her into a dangerous fight to protect her mission and the bacteria’s DNA. If she fails, the discovery that could save the planet could become the most lethal biological weapon in history.
