Books by Markus McDowell
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- Terraforming Mars: Dream or Nightmare? Lessons from My WIP, Seven Planets
Excerpt: From the deck of a yacht to the heat of the Mojave, I’m trekking through the third draft of Seven Planets. Can we remake Mars without losing our souls? Coming later this year.
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- Terraforming Mars: Dream or Nightmare? Lessons from My WIP, Seven Planets
- Looking Ahead: My Writing and Editing Roadmap for 2026
- The Story Behind My Novel Onesimus: Runaway Slave to Bishop – A Journey Through Ancient Manuscripts and Five Years of Research
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Coming in 2026
Dr. Elias Vorn, a fallen scientist exiled to a crumbling outpost orbiting Neptune, stumbles upon a cryptic signal pulsing from the edge of the solar system.
What begins as a solitary curiosity ignites a journey across humanity’s fragile colonies—Earth’s crowded orbital hubs, Venus’s sun-scorched platforms, Mars’s dust-choked domes, and Titan’s shadowed tunnels—where shadows of chaos loom. Alongside Dr. Mara Kael, his sharp-witted former ally, Elias races to unravel a mystery that threatens to reshape everything he knows. As the signal’s secrets deepen, the stakes soar, pulling them toward a confrontation beyond the stars.
Seven Planets (Book 1 of the Brightstar Trilogy)—a riveting sci-fi thriller of isolation, discovery, and the unknown.
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