A gripping new SF thriller series Mars. 2072. A huge mining corporation is extracting precious minerals from deep beneath the surface. When John Washington, a seasoned detective, joined the newly formed Galileo Police Division, he and his colleagues assumed it would be easy work dealing with petty crime, worker disputes and corporate security. Then, when a body is discovered in a remote satellite uplink tower, his routine is shattered and he must begin what no-one expected in this fledgling off-world colony; a murder investigation. Stokes' debut novel combines SF and crime genres in the first of a series of new thrillers.