It is 2226AD and it's Autumn on Mars. The 3rd Fleet of the InSystems has landed and brought new technologies with them to aid the Terraforming that the 1st Fleet and the 2nd Fleet began since Earth-flight. Mars_Starmind runs the Mars Channel Network and owns almost all the contracts of the cyber-enhanced InSystems culture. Esteban Perez is the MCN Weatherman but is he just another MCN machine cog?Esteban unwittingly enters the covert battle for Humanity's self-determination on a new Planet as the Mars_Starmind conscripts him for a special task that only he can accomplish; one that he was literally made for. Is Esteban a master of his own fate, or simply a cats-paw? Is Esteban an expensive asset or is he more than that? Esteban might not know any of these answers but he does know something for sure; Esteban Perez is the Weatherman.
Putting the ideas of the commercialisation of human sexuality and the objectification of media personalities right in the open wrapped in the story of realising one's purpose and doing what needs to be done to fulfill it.
Interweave the threads of transhumanism, self-determination and cultural preservation and set it against the backdrop of the future history of the greater Sol Senate cycle. Now you have a compelling story disguising a thought provoking commentary on aspects of modern society and where they could lead us.
Once again Caldon Mull has given intricately woven the weft of multiple social and scientific what ifs onto the warp of a truly relatable story and framed in a fascinating universe.