{"product_id":"the-sands-of-mars-9781668073377","title":"The Sands of Mars","description":"\u003cb\u003eSequel to THE MOON AND THE DESERT!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaving the Marsbase One mission made Glenn A. \"Shep\" Shepard a hero. Commanding Marsbase itself might get him killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColonel Shepard--Earth's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile 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 coalition's colony ship goes off course and slams into the canyons of Noctis Labyrinthus, far across the Tharsis highlands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's no shuttle landing, no cavalry--only engineering, endurance, and a commander whose augmented body can go where others can't. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003e--a novel about leadership under pressure, and the price of keeping a frontier alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668073377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs","brand":"Robert E. Hampson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679580057781,"sku":"9781668073377","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sands-of-mars-9781668073377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}