Human Trials

by Steve Holgate

In the year 2040, the governments of Earth make a decision that will change the course of human history forever: they send a team to Mars for extensive exploration.

The Mars Explorers, however, are meant to serve as little more than a distraction as the industry moguls behind the world governments’ work to find a solution for the food shortages and economic struggles that plague the planet. Their real solution is much darker—an engineered disease with a limited number of antidotes available. In other words: population reduction.

What does the future hold for these intrepid pioneers as the situation on Earth decays? Do they ever get back to Earth or is Mars now their home? And how will the destiny of the human race be changed by the discovery made on Mars?

Taking us through hundreds of years of destruction and discovery, Human Trials follows humanity’s struggle to survive overpopulation and its profound power for self-harm. For true science fiction lovers, Steve Holgate has gone back to the basics of the genre to answer the most fundamental of questions: What will become of the human race?

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 7, 2014

Reviews

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Human Trials is classic science fiction at its best ambitious, thought provoking, and unafraid to confront humanity’s darkest tendencies. Steve Holgate presents a chilling yet plausible future where political manipulation and corporate greed shape the fate of billions.

The contrast between the hopeful Mars explorers and the grim reality unfolding on Earth creates powerful tension. This novel doesn’t just ask what the future holds it challenges readers to reflect on the moral cost of survival.

[Allan Ashinoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very impressive read that left me looking forward to the remaining installments. Rather than follow individual characters exclusively, and it does to a necessary degree, the author portrays mankind as a whole, with all it's faults and hopes, as it expands itself, for a variety of reasons, to Mars and well beyond. Solid science fiction.

[Lindsay Hoffmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really interesting read. I can't wait for the next one in the series!