'Weir has done it again: he's created a diverse and fantastic new world, filled with eclectic and memorable characters, and woven them into a dazzling work of contemporary science fiction - one that's chock-full of actual science. His future society living inside massive domes built not far from where Armstrong set foot in 1969 is utterly plausible.' - The Times She is young, rebellious and a petty criminal.Weir's great strength, as he showed in The Martian, is to make us believe. 'Jazz, Weir's main character, is a moon-born version of Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander. There's no question that this novel is going to be a hit' - The Guardian His second novel concerns a likeable protagonist in peril, saved by her own resourcefulness, in a tale that leaves readers better informed about science than they were before they read it.Plus the narrator has real charm. ' Artemis does for the moon what The Martian did for Mars. Publisher: Cornerstone ISBN: 9781785030253 Number of pages: 320 Weight: 218 g Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 20 mm MEDIA REVIEWS His future society living inside massive domes built not far from where Armstrong set foot in 1969 is utterly plausible.’ As the Times writes, ‘Weir's great strength, as he showed in The Martian, is to make us believe.

So when she's offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it.īut though planning a crime in 1/6th gravity may be more fun, it's a lot more dangerous.Ī high-octane science space heist, packed with real science, Artemis is a winning vision of life in space that’s already set to be adapted for the big screen. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. The new novel from Andy Weir, the author of the global bestselling novel The Martian which inspired the blockbuster film directed by Ridley Scott.

Artemis by Andy Weir