Amazon.com description: Product Description: With the dawn of the twentieth century, mankind made his first step into the heavens. Sir Mason Star and his valiant crew have already explored Earth’s Moon and Venus, and plans are underway to journey to Mars. As most of the Earth becomes enamored with Star, the vicious Terrestrialists step up their campaign to end his dangerous space travel. Despite their efforts, Star gathers a band of celebrated scientists, from Edison to Tesla to Kelvin, to win public support and sets out to explore the Red Planet that has fascinated man since he first looked up to the skies. Read on in the writings of Head Astronomer Curtis Matricks from the discovery of a mysterious object erratically orbiting Mars to the cities of the gray-skinned beings living in a desert world.