Red Mars

Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction's most beloved, acclaimed, and award-winning trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson's master chronicle of interplanetary colonization.

A stunning book... the best novel about the colonization of Mars ever written.—Arthur C. Clarke

For centuries, the barren and desolate landscape of the Red Planet has beckoned humanity. Now, a group of 100 colonists is embarking on a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earth-like planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will trap heat and melt ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stunning vents of hot gas. But despite these ambitious goals, some would fight to the death to prevent Mars from being changed.