The Nebula Award-winning author's classic hard SF thriller of a race to Mars -- and the "strange and beautiful" things encountered on the Red Planet (Publishers Weekly).

In the early twenty-first century, a $30 billion dollar prize will be awarded to the private organization that successfully lands a spaceship on Mars. Eccentric billionaire John Axelrod believes he can accomplish the impossible challenge. But following closely behind his Consortium is a joint venture mounted by China and Europe. The race to the Red Planet is on... but getting there is just the beginning.

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• Publication Date: October 22, 2008
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• Print Length: 364 Pages
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