The Extrapolated Man

A wrecked starship. A dead man’s mind. In a desperate race across Mars, Maggie must unravel their secrets before the Tharks erase them forever.

The Extrapolated Man is a cinematic science fiction epic about the nature of consciousness and reality.

“Franklin’s space drama is vast in scope and in its efforts to create a new world with all new life forms and language. The premise is irresistible, and the narrative’s alternating perspectives across very different time periods on the Mars colonies work well.” – Kirkus Reviews

Commander Gray died when his experimental ship crashed on Mars, but a recording of his memories survived. After Maggie discovers the wreck a century later, she becomes the target of a psychopathic rival intent on stealing it, and a hive of weaponized lifeforms bent on erasing its very existence.

To survive she must resurrect Gray and master his secret: his ship was capable of traveling faster than light, which makes it an incredibly valuable and terribly dangerous prize, for a starship is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.