Before the struggle for Martian independence, before the great events that would reshape humanity's future, there was a single document.

The Red Charter is the fourth book in the No Blue Sky series, tracing the birth of Martian self-governance from its earliest roots. As the colony grows beyond mere survival into something approaching civilization, fundamental questions emerge: Who holds power? Who decides? What does it mean to be Martian rather than Earthborn?

From the first signatures on the Artemis Accord to the hard-won ratification of the Red Charter, this is the story of how a band of survivors became a nation. It's a story of idealism and compromise, of visionaries and pragmatists, and of a people learning that survival was only the beginning of their struggle.

An epic of political science fiction