Offworld

By Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato

The return of NASA's first manned mission to Mars was supposed to be a momentous day. But when the crew loses touch with ground control before entry, things look bleak. Safe after a treacherous landing, the crew emerges to discover the unthinkable--every man, woman, child, and animal has vanished without a trace. Alone now on their home planet, the crew sets out to discover where everyone has gone--and how to get them back--only to discover they may not be as alone as they thought. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764206060
• ISBN13: 9780764206061
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Get off your computer and go read this book!

I would like to say that Robin Parrish is my new favorite author. The Dominion Trilogy was fantastic, to say the least, and this latest story proves that Parrish is here to stay. I don't know how this guy is not better-known. I'm not going to rehash the plot as I see that others have already outlined it pretty well. When I first started reading it, I thought, "Oh, no, not another 'space gone wrong' book". That idea was quickly...

Twisty Sci-Fi Thriller is Well Worth the Read

Fresh off of his ground-breaking Dominion Trilogy, in which he tackled Comic Book styled heroes, Robin Parrish moves his thrilling action packed fiction to a more hard science fiction realm. Don't get me wrong, this isn't Harlan Ellison or Isaac Asimov, Parrish is too pop-culture savvy to be called truly hard sci-fi, but that takes nothing away from the story. Imagine the first manned Mission to Mars returning to Earth after...

Science Fiction for Christians without the Camp

I grew up on Star Trek and the King James Version. I love Sci-fi, but most science fiction - nearly all - was anti-religion/God/Christianity and was like watching an R-rated movie written on paper. Parrish is able to spin a good science fiction tale while not falling into either the trap of being anti-Christianity or Christian campy. While his book does include a few violent acts, they are necessary to move the story along,...

Offworld a great read...

OffWorld by Robin Parrish is a sci-fi fiction book that melds fiction with the real world. It is one of the best Sci-fi books I have read in a long time. The basic premise of the book is the first manned mission to Mars is headed back and when they get back to Earth... no one is there to welcome them home. In fact, they are the only people left on earth. So they set off to find out what happened, why it happened, and if...

A trip worth taking

Two years into a mission to Mars, and some 60-days before their scheduled return to Earth, the crew on Ares loses contact with Houston. After a near fatal landing, the four member team steps out of the shuttle to find there is no one on Earth. No one-including animals-have inhabited Earth since the very day Ares lost contact with ground control. What should be a celebration turns into a pulse quickening adventure as they...