Synopsis
|
Volume
One of The Mars
Trilogy
Mars. The
Red Planet
Closest to Earth
in our solar
system, surely
life must exist on
it? We
dreamt about the
builders of the
canals we could
see by telescope,
about ruined
cities, lost
Martian
civilisations, the
possibilities of
alien
contact.
Then the Viking
and Mariner probes
went up, and sent
back
nothing.
Mars was a barren
planet: lifeless,
sterile,
uninhabited.
In 2019 the
first man set foot
on the surface of
Mars: John Boone,
American
hero. In
2027 one hundred
of the Earth's
finest engineers
and scientists
made the first
mass-landing.
Their
mission? To
create a new
world. To
terraform a planet
with no
atmosphere, an
intensely cold
climate and no
magnetosphere into
an Eden full of
people, plants and
animals.
It is the
greatest challenge
mankind has ever
faced: the
ultimate use of
intelligence and
ability: our
finest dream. |
Review
|
Winner
of the Nebula
Award
'A complex
combination of
science fiction
and fact,
political and
social commentary
together with
strong
characterization
and a brilliantly
conceived plot ...
Stunning
visualization of
the beauty of this
hostile
planet. By
the end you can't
help feeling you
understand the
place'
Time Out
'A staggering
book - the best
novel on the
colonization of
Mars that has ever
been written ... I
think it should be
required reading
for the colonists
of the next
century'
Arthur C Clarke |
