A Case of Sunburn

The Martian rebels have lost. Pushed to the walls of their dying world, they face extinction at the hands of the all-powerful Mars Corporation. All that remains is Plan Blue - a desperate gamble so risky that no one dares speak its name aloud. When a routine reconnaissance mission leaves a rebel stranded in the desert, burning under an alien sun, the plan begins to unfold in ways no one expected. Charles L. Fontenay delivers a tight, propulsive tale of resistance and desperation, where a single moment of vulnerability might be the key to toppling an empire. The title itself hints at something clever - the irony of Martians suffering from sunlight, or perhaps something more devious. This is mid-century SF at its finest: political allegory wrapped in rocket ships, with a twist that lands like a solar flare.