The world of the early 21st Century eagerly awaits news of the first colony to be established. The Colonisation of Mars by Donald E. White explores this theme through the eyes of one of the colonising families - the Fishers. Leaders, by chance, of the starborn, we follow their attempts to survive and prosper in the unusual and often harsh environments of space and the Red Planet. The book is narrated by a descendant, recording the story of his ancestors for study by future generations. Although White's writing is drawn from speculation and the imagination, efforts in Europe, the USA, China and India to be the first to colonise another planet are following such speculation with unnerving accuracy...