Description
Eustis Grimes, an idealistic cyber-nerd, has to go on the run when his best friends are murdered by the evil Admiral Strafe for their faith. Eustis is thrust into a Solar System where just the mention of outlawed ideas can get you killed in a dozen creative ways.
Since he has no ship, no money, and no connections, he is forced to sneak aboard a rattle-beaten freighter of smugglers as they set out into the wild black yonder. He embarks armed with stubbornness and an unstoppable drive to share the gospel with the Solar System before Admiral Strafe finds him.
This unabashedly Christian sci-fi novel mixes humorous characters with poignant themes to create a message of hope, faith, and love that blends seamlessly into a grand space adventure. Missionary To Mars is a family-friendly novel even die-hard science fiction fans will love.
Anonymous Amazon Customer –
loved it!! want more!! Amazon please order more like this!! I love Christian fiction! this story was surprisingly enjoyable. Missionary to Mars was exceptional!
Kathryn Spurgeon –
This book, further out of the box than what I usually read, kept my interest throughout. Probably because of the weird and lovable main characters. The tension followed every page. - Amazon Reviewer
J. Norton –
Great book. Lucas has the imagination to pull off a story like this and the clear understanding of the gospel to make it believable. I love science fiction and and the mixture of that and Christian story is surprising! - J Norton
Shane –
A very good read. This is a very good book. This book, should it have a sequel, Sounds much like Some biblical characters such as St Stephen and St Paul... - Amazon Reviewer
Shawn –
Missionary to Mars helped remind me that the gospel is important enough to risk your life for. As this captivating sci-fi story shows, the gospel can change a life and a whole city. That's also what makes it so threatening to hostile powers. Lucas Kitchen brings that spiritual warfare to life and sets it among the stars. I look forward to the next books in the series.
David –
Missionary to Mars assigns an impossible task to a charmingly unrelenting protagonist who embarks on adventures, dragging a motley band of different flavored characters along for the ride. Equal parts good humor, painful struggle and fascinating science fiction make Missionary to Mars a book that keeps moving forward. The insurmountable odds make you both adore and root for this rag-tag team on their mission to share the gospel with a future humanity who has completely erased it from history.
John –
I loved reading this book. It's full of action, interesting characters, and has a great message. I highly recommend it.
Lollie –
What an Imaginative Story Reminiscent of the First Christians in a Futuristic Sci-Fi World! This book brought to life what the first Christians and missionaries experienced in a whole new way. The tenacity of Eustis as a missionary to the lost in a futuristic extraterrestrial society shed new light on what not only the first missionaries experienced but the first believers as well. It is amazing to me that all missionaries through the centuries since Jesus have chosen to persevere despite great harm and pain and Eustis is one of them. Believing himself to be the last Christian alive, Eustis is determined to bring the Gospel to the far reaches of a desolate world. He experiences great persecution but continues on. The result of his efforts made me cry and rejoice and I couldn't stop reading to find out what would happen next. Excellent world building and relatable characters make this story enjoyable and meaningful to read. - Amazon Reviewer
Anonymous Amazon Customer –
Great Book. I’m not a big sci-fi reader, but this book was really good. It was full of action and well developed characters and was clean and had a good message. Can’t wait till the next book in the series. - Amazon Reviewer
Product Reviewer –
I don’t normally read Sci-Fi. I want to be a science fiction fan but whenever I try to read it. I don’t like. Outside of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game books, I haven’t found Sci-Fi that I enjoyed and I have tried a descent number of books looking for something I like.
I really enjoy Fantasy but I’m not a big fan of Christian fantasy.
So Christian Sci-Fi, no thanks. When I saw Lucas Kitchen came up with a Sci-Fi book I was kind of sad. I like Lucas, I like his books, so I felt like I needed to read it, but I wasn’t looking forward to it. Because I don’t like Sci-Fi and reading this would probably be more of a homework than an enjoyment of reading a fiction book.
I started slow. Reading a couple of pages a day like it was a homework assignment, but as the book went along I read more and more pages each night until I realized I was going to need to review this book without giving away the story. Fiction reviews aren’t my thing, but I’m going to give it a try with this book that greatly surpassed my expectations: Missionary to Mars. And it is not about being a missionary to aliens. Let me tell you what this book is about.
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First, let me tell you what this book is about.
Missionary to Mars again is not about a missionary to Martians who are invading earth but the book is set hundreds of years in the future when mankind has colonized the solar system and settled in various planets, including Mars.
In this future time, Christianity is also illegal to the point of death and been driven to near extinction. Our story’s protagonist, Eustice is part of what he believes may be the last group of Christians in the solar system with Eustice owning what may be the last Bible in the world. The book begins with a shocking attack that leaves Eustice the last living Christian and now he is public enemy #1 so he flees earth searching both to escape his pursuer who is an excellent villain I might add and also to share the Gospel across the solar system.
The title Missionary to Mars comes from Eustice’s desire to share the Gospel on Mars and turn Mars into the central location from which the Gospel can spread from planet to planet.
Thanks to God’s grace, Eustice becomes a stowaway on a spaceship that is crewed by small band of smugglers. The rest of the book will cover Eustice’s evangelistic efforts to his new crew and the moon where they are marooned. It’s not earth’s moon by the way.
Now when I say that the rest of the book is Eustice’s evangelistic efforts, I don’t in anyway mean that the rest of the book is filled with sermons and philosophical debates on the Gospel.
Far from it, the book is filled with dangerous threats, dozens of comedic moments, and even a little romance along the way.
For the most part, Eustice’s evangelistic efforts drive the plot forward as the reader will be left thinking, Why? Eustice. Why share Christ like that? You are like the world’s worst evangelist.
And for me the moment that made the book is when one of the other characters confront Eustice with that exact complaint. Eustice is terrible at sharing his faith, no wonder he’s the last one. He’s brave. He’s bold but he can be really stupid with people for someone who is excellent with technology.
And this allows for this wonderful journey of growth by our main character. It also provides as excellent lesson for those who share Christ but feel like they are terrible at it without being preachy or demeaning. In fact, the way Lucas structed the growth of all the characters, it felt natural, organic and never came off like I was reading a TV movie turned into a book that is filled with forced Christianity or morality to make a point.
The one character that annoyed me the most was Rudwick a one armed space pirate whose other arm was robotic and had pet cats including one that was genetically modified to act like a housecat but be the size of a jungle cat. He spoke like a pirate in the worst and most corny way. And I was initially thinking – yeah Lucas this bad mistake on Rudwick, you should have cut that guy from the book.
But in the end Rudwick gets redeemed with one of the most poignant moments in the book, he gives this brief speech with his terrible pirate slang and I find myself looking back and being like man that Rudwick was the best and I hope there is second book and he’s still a main part of it. I think he would be a terrible main character, but he ended up being excellent for the role he played.
So who is this book for?
I think it is for someone who enjoys Sci-Fi or Fantasy fiction already. If you know someone who likes Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, JK Rowling, Star Wars novels --- this would be ideal for them. It could be a great, long form Gospel track to an unbelievers who loves those kind of books would never read a 3 page track or have a 3 minute conversation on the Gospel.
As far as age range, I do think this book is written for adults because there are some deaths that are crucial to moving the plot forward and the characters are adults who act like adults with all the warts and flaws you would expect. This isn’t a kids book.
I will encourage my 11 year old son to read it. He probably will once he finishes the Reckoners trilogy by Sanderson. If you are encouraging someone in that age range to read it, you need to know that they will be able to handle death and even the murder of a child at one point in the book.
I’ve had parents ask me about fiction books for teen boys to read before and this book will now sit comfortably in the books I recommend. I would personally love to hear a review of this book by a woman but one thing about SciFi is that well written books for men and boys end up appealing to all audience male and female alike and I think the same should go for Missionary to mars.
I still say the best recommendation I can give is the simple fact that I started reading a couple pages a day and read more pages each day the closer I came to the end. While this book isn’t for everyone. If you don’t like Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Adventure books there is a good chance you won’t get this, but for those who do and give it a try. I think you are bound to enjoy the journey of Missionary to Mars and even be inspired to bold in how you share Christ but to do so with more wisdom that our main character Eustice. - Youtube Reviewer
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