The Alien

Book info: The Alien (Paperback, 368 pages) – myidentifiers, 2018. Language: English.

Six days ago, the crew of the Venture 3 Mission to Mars survived a disastrous meteor collision.Now, astronaut Corinne Taylor discovers that her crew is not alone.After a meteor bombardment nearly destroys the habitat and forces the crew to take shelter on a hostile planet, Corinne finds herself in a race against a rapidly growing alien presence that seems better suited for life on Mars than any of the astronauts. As Corinne attempts to salvage her immediate environment on Mars, so is the alien by exerting its own influence to terraform the red planet first. Recognizing that no one will survive -- astronaut or alien -- if any one of the life-support systems fails, Corinne draws on her creativity, ingenuity, and skills as an environmental engineer to wrestle control of one dire situation after another. How long can an engineer, astrophysicist, ER physician, nuclear physicist, botanist, and their commander last alongside an alien from the stars?