Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
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's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.
About the Author:
Andy Weir grew up in California in a scientifically minded household, the son of a physicist and an electrical engineer. That environment surrounded him with space-science books, computers, and the kind of technical curiosity that shaped both his early hobbies and his later writing. He began programming as a teenager and briefly studied computer science at UC San Diego before moving into a long career as a software engineer, working for organizations such as Sandia National Laboratories and tech companies including AOL and Blizzard.
For years he wrote fiction on the side—webcomics, short stories, and serialized novels shared online—building a small, loyal community of readers. The Martian grew out of that period, first appearing chapter by chapter on his website before being self-published and eventually launching his full-time writing career. Since then he has become a leading voice in accessible, technically grounded science fiction. He lives in California and remains deeply engaged with aerospace research, often consulting scientists and engineers to keep his stories rooted in real-world problem solving.
Description:
Jazz Bashara is a criminal.
Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
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's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.
About the Author:
Andy Weir grew up in California in a scientifically minded household, the son of a physicist and an electrical engineer. That environment surrounded him with space-science books, computers, and the kind of technical curiosity that shaped both his early hobbies and his later writing. He began programming as a teenager and briefly studied computer science at UC San Diego before moving into a long career as a software engineer, working for organizations such as Sandia National Laboratories and tech companies including AOL and Blizzard.
For years he wrote fiction on the side—webcomics, short stories, and serialized novels shared online—building a small, loyal community of readers. The Martian grew out of that period, first appearing chapter by chapter on his website before being self-published and eventually launching his full-time writing career. Since then he has become a leading voice in accessible, technically grounded science fiction. He lives in California and remains deeply engaged with aerospace research, often consulting scientists and engineers to keep his stories rooted in real-world problem solving.