The third book in Chaz Brenchley’s Crater School series is now available, and I highly recommend it.

For those so far unaware, Chaz has combined Old Mars of classic SF with the traditional British school story to create an entirely original and fascinating scenario. One where the underpinning assumptions of both those literary traditions are politely and ruthlessly questioned.

In this book we see both Old Mars and the Crater School itself through an intriguingly different lens, as Mary Ellen, scholarship girl, finds herself in this alien environment. Thus Brenchley deftly offers fans of the series a fresh perspective while new readers share her discoveries and will surely be drawn into this fascinating world.

Mary Ellen comes from a farming family in the remote and rural hinterlands. She doesn’t only have to find her way through the unfamiliar social hazards and arcane customs which her classmates from the colony planet’s privileged classes have grown up with. A chance discovery demands that she choose between keeping quiet and self-preservation on the one hand, and speaking up and facing the shocking consequences on the other. What’s a nervous girl far from home and feeling friendless to do?

Interested? Take a look at my thoughts on Three Twins at the Crater School and Dust-Up at the Crater School

Full purchase details at the Wizard’s Tower Press website