The Last Ark to Mars

As the final transport leaves for Mars, Ark CEO Elias Gray boards not as himself but as an unknown passenger. When his Life Card goes missing, security chief orders him sealed inside a thruster tunnel to die. Pulled out and restored to his post, Elias steps between Doctor Evelyn and an overseer who will not leave her alone, then keeps her safe through a meteor storm. To free her from an arranged marriage, Elias agrees to act as her boyfriend, and the pretense slowly stops feeling like one. Her elite circle doubts him until his legendary race record and a gifted speeder force them to reconsider. Word spreads, and even Mars's most powerful boss bows before him. With his rivals dealt with, Elias and Evelyn leave together for the Martian frontier.