Heirs of Mars

The dream that was Mars has become a nightmare for the children born there. Asher roams the vast canyons of Mars in search of dying souls ready for digital reincarnation. But his strange profession has its perils. Those who fear the newborn clones have hunted Asher and his friends for years, claiming the lives of countless innocents, including his daughter. Claudia hosts the two most popular shows on two worlds, exhausting herself to educate the children of Mars and risking her life to raise the morale of the entire population. But when one of her cohosts is brutally murdered, she'll stop at nothing to avenge his death and make Mars safe again for everyone.Brought together in a moment of tragedy, Asher and Claudia lead a group of scientists and refugees across frozen deserts and over raging volcanoes to end the first war on Mars and save the fragile world they now call home.Heirs of Mars follows the lives of six men and women (not all of them entirely human) from the dusty wind farms of the Valles Marineris to the shining city of New Troy, and from the ancient tunnels beneath the Noctis Labyrinth to the sandy highways where daredevils race on single-wheeled motorcycles for a fleeting glimpse of fame and freedom.Bonus Content: This special edition also includes all three short stories from the collection Heirs of Mars: Preludes. These stories tells the tale of the origins of cybernetic life orbiting Venus, the future of life on Earth, and the details of the attack on Asher Radescu that begins the novel on Mars.Genre: science fiction action/adventure cyberpunk artificial intelligence cloning robotics Mars