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Zusatztext Praise for Artemis: “An action-packed techno-thriller of the first order…the perfect vehicle for humans who want to escape! if only for a time! the severe gravity of planet earth. The pages fly by.” — USA Today “Revitalizes the Lunar-colony scenario! with the author’s characteristic blend of engineering know-how and survival suspense...Jazz is a great heroine! tough with a soft core! crooked with inner honesty.” — Wall Street Journal “Smart and sharp…Weir has done it again [with] a sci-fi crowd pleaser made for the big screen.” —Salon.com “Makes cutting-edge science sexy and relevant…Weir has created a realistic and fascinating future society! and every detail feels authentic and scientifically sound.” — Associated Press “Out-of-this-world storytelling.”— Houston Chronicle "Weir excels when it comes to geeky references! snarky humour and scenes of ingenious scientific problem-solving.” — Financial Times “Weir has done the impossible—he’s topped The Martian with a sci-fi-noir-thriller set in a city on the moon. What more do you want from life? Go read it!”– Blake Crouch! New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter “ Everything you could hope for in a follow-up to The Martian : another smart! fun! fast-paced adventure that you won’t be able to put down.” – Ernest Cline! New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One “A superior near-future thriller…with a healthy dose of humor.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “An exciting! whip-smart! funny thrill-ride…one of the best science fiction novels of the year.” — Booklist (starred review) “Narrated by a kick-ass leading lady! this thriller has it all – a smart plot! laugh-out-loud funny moments! and really cool science.” — Library Journal (starred review) Praise for The Martian : “Brilliant…a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years.” — Wall Street Journal “A gripping survival story.” — New York Times “Terrific…a crackling good read.”— USA Today “A marvel…Robinson Crusoe in a space suit.”— Washington Post “Impressively geeky…the technical details keep the story relentlessly precise and the suspense ramped up.” — Entertainment Weekly “A story for readers who enjoy thrillers! science fiction! non-fiction! or flat-out adventure.” — Associated Press “Utterly nail-baiting and memorable.”— Financial Times “A hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire.”— Chicago Tribune Informationen zum Autor Andy Weir built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian , allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California. Klappentext The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller-a heist story set on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she's owed for a long time. So when a chance at a huge score ...
