Last Day on Mars Chronicle of the Dark Star Series 1 by Kevin Emerson

Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances action, science, humor and most importantly, two compelling main characters in Liam and Phoebe. A fantastic start to an epic new series. Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series ""Emerson's writing explodes off the page in this irresistible space adventure, filled with startling plot twists, diabolical aliens and my favorite courageous young heroes faced with an impossible task"". Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Unwanted series. It is Earth year 2213 but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second trip- a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess at where we might find a new home. Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars.