Skyclimber

STRANDED ON THE RED PLANET Plague, famine and radiation have demolished much of the Earth. The world concentrates on restoring itself to a habitable planet, and forgets its obligations to support its first colony on Mars. The colonists face a slow—but certain—death. Mars-born Timothy Barlow dares a stellar stunt to force Earth to save the settlers from their plight. Timothy dreams, too, that the stunt will be his ticket to Earth, to "home," away from the narrow confines of the Martian settlement. But he never dreams that "home" might be as alient as the farthest reaches of the galaxies...