Climbing Olympus

By Kevin J. Anderson

Book Overview

In order to terraform Mars, Earth first had to transform people...

The Red Planet is a harsh place, and normal humans cannot survive there during the many years of taming the planet. But a group of humans-called "volunteers," even though they were taken from prison gulags-have been surgically altered to survive the environment.

They are exiles, never again able to breathe Earth's air.

But for all their work, as they make Mars a place where normal humans can live, these altered humans are no longer suited for their own home.

They are obsolete people.

They sacrificed their humanity to become the first Martians. And they will not stand by as humans come to take their home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168057678X
• ISBN13: 9781680576788
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Wordfire Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Huston, we have some problems.

As a kid, I always wondered what it would be like on Mars. This book gave me a good idea. The storyline of a possible community on the red planet made me wonder again if it could happen in my lifetime. This story moves quite well and deals with some human emotion as well as science. It even gives a miracle or two. I hope that Kevin J. Anderson revisits this story in the future. I would recommend this one for all Sci-Fi fans.

Nicely Crafted

A well-written book with real and well-developed personalities. Plenty of internal and external conflict going on as they terraform Mars.