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Daisies of Mars

"Mars was made wrong, and all in endless reds and blacks. A rusty car on blocks. The glowing embers of a dying campfire, Mars. A man could starve for the lack of greens and blues."

Nick stepped up onto a rock and proudly planted a solid print in the cinnamon soil on the other side. One small step for a facilitator ...

Nick Hutchinson hates Mars, and hates his new job as Earth Liaison.

One month down, five to go. Think of rivers, think of clouds, think of frogs and dresses in summer and umbrellas. Five months until antelopes, snowflakes, storm drains ...

But when he volunteers to venture out onto the surface, hoping to convince a widowed hermit to sell her land to Friends of Earth Co., it's she who has the most to say, and he who had better listen.

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