{"product_id":"sands-of-mars-9781668073377","title":"Sands of Mars","description":"\u003cb\u003eSequel to THE MOON AND THE DESERT!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaving the Marsbase One mission made Glenn A. Shep Shepard a hero. Commanding Marsbase itself might get him killed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Colonel ShepardEarths first fully bionic augmentee and the man who once crossed interplanetary space to pull off an impossible rescue (\u003ci\u003eThe Moon and the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e)finally reaches Mars. His new command sits under the Eumenides Dorsum ridge on Amazonis Planitia, a city hewn into caverns where life is math and margin: closed-loop ecosystems, strictly rationed propellant, and minutes-long lightspeed comms lag.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While Shepard grapples with distance from his wife and newborn daughter on Earth, whispers of sabotage, industrial espionage, and anti-bionics prejudice begin to erode trust inside the base. Then a rival coalitions colony ship goes off course and slams into the canyons of \u003ci\u003eNoctis Labyrinthus,\u003c\/i\u003e far across the Tharsis highlands.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theres no shuttle landing, no cavalryonly engineering, endurance, and a commander whose augmented body can go where others cant. To pull survivors out of the crash before Mars itself finishes them, Shepard must design a rescue that physics barely permits and politics would rather avoid.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eScientifically rigorous yet deeply human, \u003ci\u003eThe Sands of Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is the high-stakes sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Moon and the Desert\u003c\/i\u003ea novel about leadership under pressure, and the price of keeping a frontier alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 September 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 234. mm; Width 155. mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781668073377\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Robert E. Hampson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67600252174586,"sku":"9781668073377","price":15.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781668073377.jpg?v=1790653821","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/sands-of-mars-9781668073377","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}