What if a hot guy was really into you, but you were in a high pressure job and it just wasn’t the right time for a relationship? 

What if you were both living on Mars and you started seeing things that nobody else could see, and this guy was the only one who believed you? 

What if the only other guy on Mars had a mental illness he’d been hiding for years? 

What if somebody -- or something -- is trying to kill you all? 

The Fifth Man is about making impossible decisions about who you should love and who you should fight. It's about balancing work and life. It's about keeping your sanity when the pressure is on.

The Fifth Man is a science fiction romantic suspense Mars adventure that takes you on a harrowing vacation to a freezing planet with a poisonous atmosphere where an alien entity is trying its best to make sure you never go home.

The Fifth Man was originally published in 2002 and published in a revised second edition in 2012. It was a finalist for a Christy Award in the Futuristic Fiction category. 

The Fifth Man is the sequel to the novel Oxygen.