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Already she feels  like she is losing the connection with her husband and baby at home on  Earth--and she'll be on Mars for over a year. Throwing herself into her  work, she tries her best to fit in with the team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in her new  room on the base, Anna finds a mysterious note written in her own  handwriting, warning her not to trust the colony psychologist. A note  she can't remember writing. She unpacks her wedding ring, only to find  it has been replaced by a fake. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding a footprint in a place  the colony AI claims has never been visited by humans, Anna begins to  suspect that her assignment isn't as simple as she was led to believe.  Is she caught up in an elaborate corporate conspiracy, or is she  actually losing her mind? 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