When Valkerie discovers evidence of past life on Mars, she becomes an instant celebrity on earth. After she comes down with a mysterious infection, NASA worries that it's not safe to bring the crew back home.

Then Valkerie is attacked by someone — or something — that can't possibly exist. Everyone but crewmate Bob Kaganovski thinks she's hallucinating — and even Bob seems to be wavering.

Is Valkerie's "fifth man" real? If not, then who or what is trying to kill the crew?

This is the second edition of The Fifth Man, released in May, 2012. This "Writer's Journey" edition of The Fifth Man contains three bonus appendices (over 60 pages!) for fiction writers and anyone interested in getting the inside scoop on how John and Randy develop their stories. Learn some of their most powerful techniques, including story drivers, high concept, and scene structure.

About the Authors:

John and Randy have been collaborating on one crazy project after another for the past fifteen years.

Not only are they novelists, Ph.D. scientists, and entrepreneurs who've founded four different corporations between them, but rumor has it that they prowl the night wearing steampunk battle gear to rid the streets of vampires, werewolves, and ducks that poop on your front lawn after it rains.

John and Randy deny all such tales as "vicious exaggeration."