Red Rain

Please don't send me back to Earth. Stripped of her rights for refusing to assimilate into a global megacountry, 16-year-old Philadelphia Symrna has watched her family be torn apart by the oppressive United government. The final blow comes when her father is forced to go to Mars on scientific business, leaving her behind to be adopted by hostile strangers. When a benevolent Martian official allows her to accompany her father, Philadelphia knows she must keep her head down or be sent back to Earth. But staying discreet becomes impossible when she discovers they're stationed at the same base where her deceased brother worked, and no one will give her a straight answer about his death. Stumbling into a hallway that isn't supposed to exist, Philadelphia is faced with a question she doesn’t want to answer: the choice between returning to Earth—or destroying it. Red Rain is the first novella in this fast-paced Christian sci-fi series for teens and adults.