"Taking place in the future of Ian mcDonald's "Desolation Road", "Ares Express" is set on a tetraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One woman becomes the person upon whom the future--or futures--of Mars depends...."--p. 4 of cover.

Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.

For the exiles from a blistering Earth, Mars is a lonely place, made bearable only by drugs, specifically Can-D, which translates those who take it into a shared hallucination of a Barbie-esque world. But the new drug Chew-Z promises more than that, eternal life itself. But in a world where everyone is tripping, no promises can be taken at face value. When those promises come from Palmer Eldritch, who may be human, alien, or god, they can be trusted...

Young teen Tyce Sanders, a virtual reality specialist in an experimental community on Mars in 2039, must work fast to save lives when the science based is threatened by a mysterious loss of oxygen, and in the process comes to know God. Includes an essay that discusses science and faith.

Upon discovering a rock bearing ancient microfossils, exobiologist Dr. Miguel Hernandez seeks to preserve a tract of Mars for further research. But Lowell Colony Mayor Andre Rand covets the same area for expansion. Now, framed for sabotage, Miguel must flee into the deadly Martian wilderness and, if possible, collect additional evidence before it's destroyed by construction. In a society driven by greed and ruled by corruption, Miguel stands to lose...