Down to Dirt by Kevin Killiany

Down to Dirt

By

Description

Dirt is for losers.

"DOWN TO DIRT is YA hard science fiction with an attitude, full of technical details as engaging as the characters. I was immediately drawn into the story." ~ Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of ETERNITY'S MIND

It's 2021, and humanity has been in space for half a century. Giant space stations are hubs of scientific and industrial research, colonies are spreading across the moon and Mars, and sixteen-year-old Mara Duval, born and raised on Tombaugh Station, is training to be part of humanity's first mission to the moons of Jupiter.

Life is full of possibilities—opportunities denied those deemed unfit for life in space. The unintelligent, the diseased, the mentally unstable, and the criminal—all who have been rejected by the Space Service—are condemned to live their lives on dirt, a planet everyone knows but no one mentions. Every spacer has relatives on dirt, family members who failed to qualify for space. Some are remembered, some are forgotten; but all are left behind.

To Mara's horror, her parents have mandated she understand her past before she can pursue her future. If she wants to follow her dream to Jupiter, she must leave the safety of space and get to know her uncle, aunt, and cousin confined to dirt. Given no choice, she submits to medical procedures and intense physical training—bracing herself to survive weeks of exile amid violence, disease, and dangers she can only imagine.

But nothing could prepare Mara for what she discovers when she goes down to dirt.

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the first book in this critically acclaimed, timely, young adult science fiction adventure that's sure to keep you riveted.

More Kevin Killiany Books

  • BattleTech: The Corps

    BattleTech: The Corps

    Loren L. Coleman, Ilsa Bick, Steven Mohan, Jr., Randall Bills, Jason M. Hardy, Kevin Killiany, Michael A. Stackpole, Robert Thurston, Dan C. Duval, Louisa Swann, Blaine Lee Pardoe & Phaedra Weldon

    Action & Adventure

  • Shadowrun: Spells & Chrome

    Shadowrun: Spells & Chrome

    John Helfers, Jason M. Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, Jean Rabe, Phaedra Weldon, Matt Forbeck, Kevin Killiany, Steven Mohan, Jr., Brad Beaulieu, Steven Kenson, Dan C. Duval, Stephen Dedman, Marc Tassin, Jennifer J. Harding, William H. Keith, Ilsa Bick & Michael A. Stackpole

    Science Fiction

  • BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #1 (The Official BattleTech Magazine)

    BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #1 (The Official BattleTech Magazine)

    Michael A. Stackpole, Blaine Lee Pardoe, Kevin Killiany, Craig A. Reed, Jr., Chris Hussey, Jason Hansa, Lance Scarinci, Michael J. Ciaravella & Patrick Wynne

    Science Fiction

  • BattleTech: Legacy

    BattleTech: Legacy

    Kevin Killiany, Travis Heermann, Darrell Myers, Alan Brundage, Philip A. Lee, Geoff "Doc" Swift, Chris Hussey, Jason Hansa, Aaron Cahall, Robert Jeschonek, Alex Fauth & Craig A. Reed, Jr.

    Science Fiction

  • BattleTech: Kill Zone (BattleCorps Anthology Volume 7)

    BattleTech: Kill Zone (BattleCorps Anthology Volume 7)

    Adam Sherwood, Kevin Killiany, Blaine Lee Pardoe, Craig A. Reed, Jr., Travis Heermann, Jason Schmetzer, Stephan A. Frabartolo, Jason Hansa & Lance Scarinci

    Science Fiction

  • BattleTech: Counterattack

    BattleTech: Counterattack

    Jason Schmetzer, Chris Hussey, Blaine Lee Pardoe, Phaedra Weldon, Philip A. Lee, Jason M. Hardy, Steven Mohan, Jr., Ben Rome, Kevin Killiany & Chris Grainger

    Action & Adventure

  • Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Grand Designs

    Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Grand Designs

    Dave Galanter, Allyn Gibson, Kevin Killiany, Paul Kupperberg, David Mack, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • Star Trek: S.C.E.: Honor

    Star Trek: S.C.E.: Honor

    Kevin Killiany

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • BattleTech Legends: Wolf Hunters

    BattleTech Legends: Wolf Hunters

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction

  • Star Trek: S.C.E.: Orphans

    Star Trek: S.C.E.: Orphans

    Kevin Killiany

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

  • BattleTech Legends: To Ride the Chimera

    BattleTech Legends: To Ride the Chimera

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction

  • Con los pies en el polvo

    Con los pies en el polvo

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Indo para Lama

    Indo para Lama

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • La vita a terra

    La vita a terra

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Giù per terra

    Giù per terra

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Down to Dirt

    Down to Dirt

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Rise from Dirt

    Rise from Dirt

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Life on Dirt

    Life on Dirt

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Ask the Authors 2022

    Ask the Authors 2022

    Kaye Lynne Booth, Chris Barili, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Nancy Oswald, Jeff Bowles, L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, Bobby Nash, Mario Acevedo, Paul Kane, Kevin Killiany & Mark Leslie Lefebvre

    Language Arts & Disciplines

  • Vivendo na Lama

    Vivendo na Lama

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults

  • Saindo da Lama

    Saindo da Lama

    Kevin Killiany

    Science Fiction for Young Adults