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| Book: | The Secret of Life |
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| Author: | Paul J. McAuley |
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| Publisher: | Tor Books |
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2026: A strange fungus-like organism is growing in the Pacific Ocean, threatening Earth’s entire food chain. Christened “the slick,” this bizarre lifeform contains alien DNA that may have come from the planet Mars. Dr. Mariella Anders is recruited by NASA to join an urgent mission to the Red Planet to search for life beneath Mars’ polar icecap—and perhaps uncover the secret of the slick. But whom can she trust to safeguard one of the greatest scientific discoveries in human history?
