A little book filled with science fiction, fantasy and other short stories about Mars, dogs, sloth-like aliens, otaku, a missing ghost, and a recipe for gryphon wings. It also has dragons (the book, not the recipe). Humanity was ready to send an expedition to Mars. The technology had matured for decades, the finances cobbled together, and the will to go had been whipped up by a masterful campaign. Unfortunately, corruption put a spanner...