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class="bc-boxbc-box-padding-nonebc-spacing-small"></p><blockquote><p>The best-selling author of <i>The Martian</i> returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller &#8211; a heist story set on the moon.</p><p>Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you&#8217;re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you&#8217;ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.</p><p>Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she&#8217;s stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself &#8211; and that now her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.</p><p>Bringing to life Weir&#8217;s brash, whip-smart protagonist is actress Rosario Dawson (Marvel&#8217;s <i>The Defenders</i>, <i>Sin City</i>, <i>Death Proof</i>). With the breathless immediacy of one realizing they&#8217;re one cracked helmet visor away from oblivion, Dawson deftly captures Jazz&#8217;s first-person perspective – all while delivering sarcastic Weir-ian one-liners and cracking wise in the face of death. And with a cast of diverse characters from all walks of life calling Artemis home, Dawson tonally somersaults to voice Kenyan prime ministers, Ukrainian scientists, and Saudi welders. It&#8217;s a performance that transports listeners right alongside Jazz, matching her step for step on every lunar inch of her pulse-pounding journey.</p></blockquote></div><div
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bc-color-basebc-spacing-smallbc-size-mediumbc-text-bold">Publisher&#8217;s Summary</h3><blockquote><p>Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.</p><p>Now, he&#8217;s sure he&#8217;ll be the first person to die there.</p><p>After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he&#8217;s alive &#8211; and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.</p><p>Chances are, though, he won&#8217;t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold &#8220;human error&#8221; are much more likely to kill him first.</p><p>But Mark isn&#8217;t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills &#8211; and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit &#8211; he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?&#8221;</p></blockquote><div
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