The Sands of Mars by Robert E. Hampson - ISBN: 9781668073377
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Mars command: hero to hunted, survival hangs on extreme rescue.
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The Sands of Mars

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    432 pages

  • Release Date

    15 September 2026

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Summary

Sequel to THE MOON AND THE DESERT!

Saving the Marsbase One mission made Glenn A. “Shep” Shepard a hero. Commanding Marsbase itself might get him killed.

Colonel Shepard—Earth’s first fully bionic augmentee and the man who once crossed interplanetary space to pull off an impossible rescue (The Moon and the Desert)—finally reaches Mars. His new command sits under the Eumenides Dorsum ridge on Amazonis Planitia, a city hewn into caverns …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781668073377
ISBN-10:1668073374
Author:Robert E. Hampson
Publisher:Baen Books
Imprint:Baen Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:15 September 2026
Weight:445g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm x 25mm
Series:Bionic Frontier
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Critics Review

Praise for The Moon and the Desert: “Highly recommended for fans of classic hard sf and space drama.” —Amazing Stories “This is hard science fiction with a vengeance.” —Publishers WeeklyPraise for Stellaris: People of the Stars, co-edited by Robert E. Hampson: “[A] thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculative fiction solutions… . Readers will enjoy this collection that is as educational as it is entertaining.” —Booklist “This was an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing the stars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality was high.” —Tangent

About The Author

Robert E. Hampson

Robert E. Hampson writes 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 The Moon and the Desert and Across an Ocean of Stars.

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