The forest was young when humanity was old, and now the forest was old... "It's a spring morning and I can love you like no one has loved for millions of years," she told him when they rested. "We aren't old; the stars are old. We're young. We are ten million years young and it's all just beginning." The planet shuddered in agreement, and some rocks fell in the distance. The saga of Mars after the Vikings is told by noted hard science fiction author...