Lora Palmer
I'm working on a Young Adult sci-fi called BENEATH THE RED SKY. Here's a little about it--
Sixteen-year-old Kassi dreams of making her mark on the dance world as a prima ballerina. When her father announces that NASA is sending their family to join the first Mars colony, he shatters all her plans for the future.
Stuck in a sterile wasteland with no outdoor air and no dance academy, Kassi channels her drive to excel into a new ambition. She applies for an apprenticeship under an elite archaeologist. From her first excavation, she’s hooked on the thrill of hunting treasure—fossils of ancient marine life or signs of a long-ago civilization.
She and her excavation partner, Noah, unearth the first prehistoric cave drawings and pottery buried beneath layers of dirt. Not long after, people start dying as disasters strike. The habitat’s hull breaches where before it showed no signs of weakness. The oxygen circulation system fails. Kassi begins to suspect these aren’t random accidents. Each disaster site is emblazoned with the same symbol as the cave art.
Kassi pursues every clue, seeking proof to expose the culprit before he kills again. Noah seems determined to help—and shed his jerkface persona—to win her heart and save the community. But when they discover the murders might be the key to getting NASA to shut down Mars Colony 1, they might become the killer’s next target.
Sixteen-year-old Kassi dreams of making her mark on the dance world as a prima ballerina. When her father announces that NASA is sending their family to join the first Mars colony, he shatters all her plans for the future.
Stuck in a sterile wasteland with no outdoor air and no dance academy, Kassi channels her drive to excel into a new ambition. She applies for an apprenticeship under an elite archaeologist. From her first excavation, she’s hooked on the thrill of hunting treasure—fossils of ancient marine life or signs of a long-ago civilization.
She and her excavation partner, Noah, unearth the first prehistoric cave drawings and pottery buried beneath layers of dirt. Not long after, people start dying as disasters strike. The habitat’s hull breaches where before it showed no signs of weakness. The oxygen circulation system fails. Kassi begins to suspect these aren’t random accidents. Each disaster site is emblazoned with the same symbol as the cave art.
Kassi pursues every clue, seeking proof to expose the culprit before he kills again. Noah seems determined to help—and shed his jerkface persona—to win her heart and save the community. But when they discover the murders might be the key to getting NASA to shut down Mars Colony 1, they might become the killer’s next target.
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