Has Curiosity rover found what my book predicts?

Fox News reports about NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars:

Mars mystery: has Curiosity rover made big discovery?

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to find out what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.

The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported Tuesday, Nov. 20. SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.

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Compare that with Beyond Earth, Chapter 7, "The Fields of Mars."

It came through as mere numbers on the monitor.

“It’s life,” said Dr. Bailey. “Look at that spike in ATP.”

“Life,” said Dr. Ash. He said it quietly, with reverence, as if he were saying a prayer. Then he said to Dr. Bailey, “It’s time to spread the good news. Will you help me finish off the press release?”

“Of course,” said Dr. Bailey.

Life in some form may well be found on Mars, but if it is, it won't be what most scientists expect. In fact, I'm certain it will leave a good many scientists scratching their heads when they find out what it is.