"This book reminded me of my love of the genre, and this author impressed me on many fronts. I am going to read so much more Joseph Lewis"! — DragonLady Review "It's a brilliant book, a compelling story, well-told." —MarianAllen.com "A fresh take on the tried and true concept of the social aspects of cloning and robots akin to Asimov or Heinlein." —JL Stratton "Fabulous...This is a great read. Fast, and gritty, and engaging." —Just-Cassie.com For fans of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Charles The dream that was Mars has become a nightmare for the children born there. Asher roams the vast canyons of Mars in search of dying souls ready for digital reincarnation. But his strange profession has its perils. Those who fear the newborn clones have hunted Asher and his friends for years, claiming the lives countless innocents including his daughter. Stalked relentlessly across the harsh red deserts by both men and machines, Asher leads his fellow cloners and the persecuted clones to end the first war on Mars. Heirs of Mars follows the lives of six men and women (not all of them entirely human) from the dusty wind farms of the Valles Marineris to the shining city of New Troy, and from the ancient tunnels beneath the Noctis Labyrinth to the sandy highways where daredevils race on single-wheeled motorcycles for a fleeting glimpse of fame and freedom. science fiction | action/adventure | cyberpunk | artificial intelligence | cloning | robotics | Mars 300 pages | 92,000 words