Into the ring jumps John Axelrod, a charismatic and flamboyant billionaire who announces his plans to get the first team to Mars and bring back some real science. NASA's attempt at a manned Mars expedition has ended in a disastrous launching pad explosion, and it is up to private enterprise to get into space. The time is 2018 and the state of America's space program is total disarray. This is Greg Benford with all cylinders firing. The title is a slick double entendre referring both to the near-future race to the red planet that anchors the plot, and the hope that the promise of life may yet be found somewhere on - or underneath? - Mars' cold and forbidding desert surface. It's a quintessential solve-the-problem space exploration saga with a modern sensibility. Tweets by Martian Race is the kind of book designed to remind the hard-science crowd exactly why they fell in love with the genre in the first place. Book cover artwork is copyrighted by its respective artist and/or publisher. All reviews and site design © by Thomas M.
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