Phoenix One : Martian Mallard Press, LLC : 9781733946919 : 1733946918 : 25 May 2016 : The end of the world is just the beginning! The decay of Earth's atmosphere forces mankind to move off-world, with the help of their alien neighbors. A massive undertaking to build a replacement as time runs out, but someone has other ideas. Someone doesn't want the project to succeed and already tense interspecies relations are pushed to their limit. Devin Slade, an outcast relegated to life on the surface, witnesses the destruction of a floating city housing thousands of people, alien and human alike. Initially a suspect, he must prove his innocence while fighting to survive the hostile world around him. Meanwhile, an undercover agent working for The Human Collective Government catches wind of a sinister plot that could mean the end of mankind. Is it possible to make a new home, with new neighbors, when forces conspire against humanities last hope?