Welcome to the Steppes of Mars
The Steppes of Mars series imagines a transformed world where a disaster on Earth decades ago cut off all contact with its wealth and resources. Experience a Mars where its genetically modified inhabitants have developed their own cultures, beliefs, and religions. A semi-feudal world where ruling families control vast demesnes under a central government at Barsoom. A world of limited resources where train travel is possible but cars and planes are not. A world of free-cities — open and domed — villages, vast fields and steppes, and people banding together to survive and thrive in this harsh new world.
The Steppes of Mars series consists of:
* The Bride from Dairapaska
* The White Elephant of Panschin
* The Vanished Pearls of Orlov (coming soon)
Essays about Mars:
* Welcome to my world
* Why do people on Mars have green skins?
* Criminal Gangs on Mars
Who Is Odessa Moon?
Odessa Moon has at various times painted, sewed, served in the Navy, worked as a sales clerk and cashier, taken care of her family, and gardened with enthusiasm. She reads extensively, especially on subjects like medieval history, the class struggle, colonization, and resource depletion. While growing up, she read piles of science-fiction and fantasy and often wondered what the authors hand-waved away about how difficult it really would be to terraform another planet. The series, “The Steppes of Mars” is her attempt to combine all those interests.
When Ms. Moon is not writing, she is working on improving the soil in her own garden and planting trees in her municipality.
The Bride from Dairapaska
In a rural village on a terraformed Mars, a lonely young wife takes her children and dog and flees into the vast open steppes. Debbie only wanted to escape her abusive husband, but her encounter with the Steppes Riders, and especially Yannick of Kenyatta, unwittingly ignites changes that attract the attention of Mars’ ruling families. Left to her own resources, Debbie must adapt to her new life and figure out how to defend her adopted people.
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* Cast of Characters
The White Elephant of Panschin
Veronica Bradwell wrestles every day trying to keep her family fed and secure. Her sister, Shelby, is marked forever by what their father did. Malcolm Cobb bears the mark of Cain, unacceptable to the ruling classes and no longer welcome in the mining tunnels. Then there is Airik, the daimyo of Shelleen. He comes to Panschin to save his demesne from being destroyed by the Red Mercury Lode and discovers a future different than the one he expected.
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* Cast of Characters
* Read an unedited version on Wattpad
* Read an unedited version on Archive of Our Own
* An essay about the domes of Panschin.
* Researching My Novel at Indian Echo Caverns
* The Story Behind the Veronica Bradwell House
* All About Panschin
* The Professor Who Hated Kittens
The Vanished Pearls of Orlov
We meet Yilanda Consuelo Margarita Ranaglia DelFino.
Her nickname is Lannie, which is used by everyone besides her parents or her elders.
Lannie has a problem: her father is forcing her into marriage to a much older, but very important and wealthy man.
Albion has compelling reasons but are they compelling enough for Lannie?
* Unedited version on Wattpad
* Unedited version on Archive of Our Own