{"product_id":"the-sands-of-mars-paperback-1","title":"The Sands of Mars - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert E. Hampson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSequel to THE MOON AND THE DESERT!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaving the Marsbase One mission made Glenn A. \"Shep\" Shepard a hero. Commanding Marsbase itself might get him killed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Colonel 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\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 coalition's colony ship goes off course and slams into the canyons of \u003ci\u003eNoctis Labyrinthus, \u003c\/i\u003e far across the Tharsis highlands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There'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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert E. Hampson \u003c\/b\u003ewrites character-driven hard SF where space is messy, unforgiving, and achingly human. His fiction blends medical problem-solving, nuts-and-bolts engineering, and the logistics of living off-Earth--from underground Martian habitats to orbital shipyards--with an eye on plausible technology and the true costs of rescue. By day, he's a professor of regenerative medicine, neuroscience, neurology, and biomedical engineering. By night, he digs into Mars geography, mission architecture, and bionics research so the science on the page feels lived-in and true. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moon and the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAcross an Ocean of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51409406853343,"sku":"9781668073377","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BljgoZsRaW9781668073377.webp?v=1789617540","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-sands-of-mars-paperback-1","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}