Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel - Discover the novel that
launched one of science fiction's most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded
trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson's masterly near-future chronicle of
interplanetary colonization.
"A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars
that has ever been written."--Arthur C. Clarke
For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has
beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a
mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike
planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to
reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps
will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into
the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these
ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent
Mars from ever being changed.