I’m lying flat on my back looking up at a ceiling coated in peeling mustard yellow paint. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of an immersive 3D version of Plan Nine from Outer Space…4.23657 toasters out of 5.Find out more about Darrell at his website: ‘This is a fun, exuberant book to read which sees the main character, Blake Carter, on a non-stop race around the solar system ending up on the titular Mars (Carter on Mars anyone?)…The book is an obvious homage to Douglas Adams but is not slavish in its interpretation and what I really liked, as an SF fan, was picking up on all the other SF references in the story.

A Toaster on Mars is a laugh-out-loud and thoroughly enjoyable read!’ Melanie Nemer, Austrek President ‘The adventures of Blake Carter and Nicky Steel, along with commentary by editor Zeeb Blatsnart, bring a lighthearted science fiction story to life. Darrell is the author of A Toaster on Mars and the Jack Mason Adventures, a series of five novels including The Firebird Mystery (a Notable book int he 2015 CBCA awards) and, most recently, The Lost Sword.

This early reading led to a love of comics, science fiction and all things geeky. His car keeps criticising his driving, and finally, to top things off, the world is held to ransom by his nemesis, evil genius Bartholomew Badde.ĭarrell Pitt began his lifelong appreciation of Victorian literature when he read Sherlock Holmes stories as a child, quickly moving on to H. First he’s beaten up by a bunch of religious zealots, and then he’s assigned a robot-sorry, cyborg-as his new partner, right before his ex-wife calls to tell him his daughter has gone missing. The year is 2509 and Earth is a rather polluted blue dot that suffers from global warming, overpopulation and not enough people using deodorant.īlake Carter, star agent with the Planetary Bureau of Investigation, isn’t having a good day. For fans of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams comes a hilarious new space and time adventure.

A Toaster on Mars by Darrell Pitt