The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinsons massively successful & lavishly praised Mars trilogy. The ultimate in future history Daily Mail Mars
- the barren forbidding planet that epitomises mankinds dreams of space conquest. From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth & saw a small blue star to the first colonists
- h&-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert
- Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet factions are forming tensions are rising & violence is brewing...for civilization can be very uncivilized.