The main characters of the novel are two teenagers and their pet—an adorable Martian creature. Forced to fight for the restoration of their rights at school, they find themselves at the center of events unfolding in a Martian colony. With the risk to their lives, the kids save their parents and the entire settlement…
Good-natured humor, extraordinary devices of a foreign civilization, a struggle against corporate interests, friendship and betrayal, unusual landscapes, plants, and the animal world—all of this is “The Red Planet.”