1) Story statement
Enzo and Maddie must battle Mars’s next evolution to save their mothers.
2) Antagonist
Augustus Sardeth is Maddie’s uncle, the president of the United States, and much more importantly, the mastermind behind the Mars Colony. He has left his vice president to govern and is using the purse of the US government to fund his bio-engineering experiments on Mars as he seeks to create a race that can thrive on the red planet. Earth is the past, Mars is the future, and the future may not be human. Most people think too small; Sardeth sees everything bigger. Now his niece is on Mars, and he’s ready for her to play her pivotal role in launching the Martian New Race to their next evolution.
3) Breakout Title
Against the Red Sky: Colony Exposed
This is book 2, and the first book is called Against the Red Sky: Mission X.
4) Genre and comps
Genre: YA Sci-Fi action adventure
Comps- Legend Series by Marie Lu, Warcross Marie Lu
5) Logline:
As Mars becomes the testing ground for a terrifying new race, a boy haunted by everything he couldn’t save and a girl desperate not to lose her mother are drawn into a deadly game with a scientist determined to engineer Mars’s next evolution.
6) Levels of conflict
a) Primary conflict- Fight bad guys, stop Sardeth
b) Secondary conflict- love story and mom troubles – how do we save her and oops, one is a cyborg
c) Inner conflict- Enzo- I’m not good enough. Maddie- If I can’t save her, I’m alone (fears abandonment).
Enzo turmoil- Why would I ever be good enough for Maddie? I wouldn’t, I’m not.
Maddie turmoil- I’ll have no family if I lose her. I’ll be truly abandoned, alone.
1) Story statement Enzo and Maddie must battle Mars’s next evolution to save their mothers. 2) Antagonist Augustus Sardeth is Maddie’s uncle, the president of the United States, and much more importantly, the mastermind behind the Mars Colony. He has left his vice president to govern and is using the purse of the US government to fund his bio-engineering experiments on Mars as he seeks to create a race that can thrive on the red planet. Earth is the past, Mars is the future, and the future may not be human. Most people think too small; Sardeth sees everything bigger. Now his niece is on Mars, and he’s ready for her to play her pivotal role in launching the Martian New Race to their next evolution. 3) Breakout Title Against the Red Sky: Colony Exposed This is book 2, and the first book is called Against the Red Sky: Mission X. 4) Genre and comps Genre: YA Sci-Fi action adventure Comps- Legend Series by Marie Lu, Warcross Marie Lu 5) Logline: As Mars becomes the testing ground for a terrifying new race, a boy haunted by everything he couldn’t save and a girl desperate not to lose her mother are drawn into a deadly game with a scientist determined to engineer Mars’s next evolution. 6) Levels of conflict a) Primary conflict- Fight bad guys, stop Sardeth b) Secondary conflict- love story and mom troubles – how do we save her and oops, one is a cyborg c) Inner conflict- Enzo- I’m not good enough. Maddie- If I can’t save her, I’m alone (fears abandonment). Enzo turmoil- Why would I ever be good enough for Maddie? I wouldn’t, I’m not. Maddie turmoil- I’ll have no family if I lose her. I’ll be truly abandoned, alone.