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In this final novel of the Haydn of Mars trilogy, young Princess Clara now wears the endangered crown once worn by her grandmother, Queen Haydn, and her father, King Sebastian, both slain by the warrior-usurper Frane before her birth. As Clara uneasily holds her world together, Frane has resurfaced, aged now, but wicked beyond her years, for one last, climatic battle. But more than just the freedom of her people is at stake. The Red Planet is dying, the atmosphere gradually leaking away. Unless Frane's crazed army is defeated, Clara's scientists will not be able to activate the oxy-genation stations left behind by the mysterious Old Ones to replenish the air supply. Now Clara must lead the Second Republic to victory and unlock the long-lost secrets of the Old Ones, or life on Mars will cease to exist.