Echoes From Mars is a heartfelt, humorous, and quietly profound novel set in modern-day Houston, Texas. Divorced aerospace engineer Tom Whitaker and his quick-witted teenage daughter Mia stumble upon mysterious shortwave radio transmissions from Mars—voices of two stranded astronauts who know intimate details of their lives, including Tom’s burned spaghetti, Mia’s geometry struggles, and their cat Curiosity’s antics. What begins as disbelief evolves into a tender, long-distance friendship across 200 million miles. Through nightly “postcards,” laughter, fear during a solar flare, and simple Earth stories, the family finds connection, hope, and proof that echoes of humanity can bridge even the vastest silence.
