An asteroid transformed Mars from a lush planet with rivers and oceans into a bleak and icy hell. Is Earth condemned to the same fate, or can we protect ourselves and our planet from extinction?<br><br>In his most riveting and revealing book yet, Graham Hancock examines the evidence that the barren Red Planet was once home to a lush environment of flowing rivers, lakes, and oceans. Could Mars have sustained life and civilization?<br><br>Megaliths found on the parched shores of Cydonia, a former Martian ocean, mirror the geometrical conventions of the pyramids at Egypt's Giza necropolis. Especially startling is a Sphinx-like structure depicting a face with distinguishable diadem, teeth, mouth and an Egyptian-style headdress. Might there be a connection between the structures of Egypt and those of Mars? Why does NASA continue to dismiss these remarkable anomalies as &quot;a trick of light&quot;? Hancock points to the intriguing possibility that ancient Martian civilization is communicating with us through the remarkable structures it left behind.<br><br>In exploring the possible traces left by the Martian civilization and the cosmic cataclysm that may have ended it, <b>The Mars Mystery</b> is both an illumination of our ancient past and a warning--that we still have time to heed--about our ultimate fate.