Length6h 23m
About this audiobook
When veteran engineer Elias Rourke arrives on Mars to oversee humanity’s first attempt to grow a forest on a foreign world, he finds a terraforming project built on unstable soil, failing systems, and carefully managed lies. With one seedling left worth saving, Elias and a small group of honest workers must decide whether to protect the official milestone or tell the truth before Mars exposes it for them.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length6 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Copyright
3Chapter 1: Arrival
4Chapter 2: The Ground Truth
5Chapter 3: Water Does Not Lie
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6Chapter 4: The First Failure Part 1
7Chapter 4: The First Failure Part 2
8Chapter 5: The Rotten Layer
9Chapter 6: Packet to Oversight Part 1
10Chapter 6: Packet to Oversight Part 2
11Chapter 7: The Colony Divides
12Chapter 8: Smaller, Truer
13Chapter 9: The Last Interference
14Chapter 10: The Final Sols
15Chapter 11: The First Tree
16About the Author
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