William Behr Mueller

Silent Edge: a Scripted Novel William Behr Mueller

The struggle between robotic exploration and manned exploration reaches a climax on Mars. Astronauts arrive on Mars and exploit what a robot probe has discovered. As they descend into the Mars interior news reaches Earth that an asteroid is on a collision course. What the astronauts find beneath the Mars surface can save the Earth but will require the astronauts to sacrifice their lives. Can the few relinquish living to save the many?