The second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail

The Future History of Mars - Part Two

2020: Mankind lands on Mars

2027: The first colonists arrive

2062: Revolution…

The First Hundred - the planet's human pioneers - landed on Mars a generation ago. But now, as humanity's dream of a new world falters in the wake of a failed revolution, those first colonists have scattered or died.

The Martian surface is being cultivated and terraformed to suit Man's needs - frozen lakes are forming, lichen is growing, the atmosphere is slowly becoming breathable. And Earth's transnational corporations have realized that Mars can be owned, and set about plundering the planet for profit.

Below ground, the first generation of children born on Mars are among the rebels in hiding. They will be joined by the survivors of the original settlers - Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier and Sax Russell - as they attempt to wrest control for Mars's future from the grip of the corporations. But do they want bloody revolution or peaceful co-existence? The fight for the soul of a planet is only just beginning…

'A mighty trilogy… forecasting every detail and facet, triumph and tragedy, crucial breakthroughs and trivialities of humanity's colonization of another world'
Daily Mail

'One of the finest works of American SF'
Times Literary Supplement

The second novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. ‘The ultimate in future history’ Daily Mail

Mars can be plundered – for the benefit of a ravaged Earth. It can be terraformed to suit Man’s needs – frozen lakes form, lichen grows, the atmosphere slowly becomes breathable. But most importantly, Mars can be owned. On Earth, countries are bought and sold by the transnationals. Why not Mars too?

Man’s dream is underway, but so is his greatest test. The survivors of the First Hundred – Hiroko, Nadia, Maya and Simon among them – know that technology alone is not enough. Trust and co-operation are need to create a new world – but these qualities are as thin on the ground as the air they breathe.