Marty the Martian

Nick is used to bringing dangerous creatures back alive, but his latest assignment is beyond anything he has imagined. His employer, the ambitious owner of the world’s biggest circus, wants a Martian as the ultimate attraction—and he has secretly funded the scientists, spacecraft, and pilot needed to reach the Red Planet.

Against his better judgment, Nick joins the expedition, expecting the impossible mission to fail before it begins. Instead, the ship lands on Mars, where strange three-legged beings await the visitors. When first contact turns deadly, Nick must rely on his instincts, courage, and hard-won experience with hostile creatures while facing a question no circus job has ever posed: how do you capture an alien who may be far more dangerous—and intelligent—than anything on Earth? This brisk science-fiction adventure combines pulp-era space travel, unsettling alien encounters, and a wry narrator caught between survival and an outrageous payday.