Tenderfoot

By Doug Turnbull

An immigrant boy quickly learns that his new home on Mars is a long way from Kolkata. Kumar Sharma is not a happy camper when he discovers that he has lost his Scout ranking and is a Tenderfoot again.

Experience life on Mars as it might be in the Mid-21st Century through the eyes of a young man new to the place. At the time of the story, Kumar, his scientist father, and his older sister are newcomers to Musgrave Station, a small settlement on Mars. Despite his disappointment upon learning of his loss of Scout ranking, Kumar joins the settlement’s small Boy Scout and Girl Guide Troops on a field trip to a cavern where a new station is being constructed. During this outing, Kumar learns how different Mars society is than that from which he came and his Scouting skills are tested when one of their number is injured in an accident.

The story is scientifically accurate with likeable characters. If you like adventure, danger, and suspense, set in a plausible and bright future, this award winning story is for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Doug Turnbull
• Release date: Apr 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311826190

Doug Turnbull

Doug Turnbull is the author of several science fiction books including Zachary Dixon: Officer Apprentice, Footprints in Red, Jupiter IV, The Future Revisited, and The Man Who Conquered Mars, as well as numerous short stories and novellas. In addition he hosted Mars Pirate Radio, weekly podcasts on the subjects of science, science fiction and the future. The podcasts include scores of interviews (135) with scientists, astronauts, as well as SF writers on the subject of space exploration and related topics and during its three year run had over 19,500 listeners, and are still available for listening. Turnbull also co-authored We Are the Martians a non-fiction book about the future settlement of Mars. He is an occasional contributor of non-fiction articles about space flight to Space.com, Astronomie Quebec, and other online publications. Most recently Turnbull was coauthor of a paper published by the Royal Astronomical Society Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, entitled The Natural Evolution of Mars Soil for the Support of Plant Growth. He has been a guest of Alan Boyle on NBC News, at the University of Hawaii Astronomy Department, and at The Mars Society speaking on space science subjects. In 2013, his short story Tenderfoot won The Mars Society-Bulgaria’s Editor’s Choice award for short science fiction. Turnbull is single and resides in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA.

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