Colonized Mars Books | Summaries & Audio

Red Mars

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 1992

A hundred colonists land on Mars to terraform it, unaware that a saboteur walks among them.

3.86

89k+

🔭 Hard Science Fiction 🌍 Terraforming 🚀 Mars Settlement

Red Mars 90%

A hundred colonists land on Mars to terraform it, unaware that a saboteur walks among them.

by Kim Stanley Robinson 1992

3.86

89k+ ratings

🔭 Hard Science Fiction 🌍 Terraforming 🚀 Mars Settlement

Blue Mars

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 1996

Mars is free. Aging founders race to write a constitution as Earth drowns and memory fades.

3.95

33k+

🏛️ Political Science Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 🌍 Terraforming

Blue Mars 90%

Mars is free. Aging founders race to write a constitution as Earth drowns and memory fades.

by Kim Stanley Robinson 1996

3.95

33k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Science Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 🌍 Terraforming

Green Mars

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 1993

When Earth's ice caps drown civilization, Mars' hidden generation seizes its chance at freedom.

3.96

41k+

🌱 Terraforming 🕯️ Hidden Resistance 🫂 Found Family

Green Mars 89%

When Earth's ice caps drown civilization, Mars' hidden generation seizes its chance at freedom.

by Kim Stanley Robinson 1993

3.96

41k+ ratings

🌱 Terraforming 🕯️ Hidden Resistance 🫂 Found Family

Cibola Burn

by James S.A. Corey • 2014

On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.

4.23

130k+

🛸 First Contact 🏢 Corporate Colony ⚖️ Frontier Justice

Cibola Burn 89%

On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.

by James S.A. Corey 2014

4.23

130k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🏢 Corporate Colony ⚖️ Frontier Justice

The Last Colony

by John Scalzi • 2007

Recruited to lead a colony, John Perry learns his people are bait for an alien armada.

4.11

74k+

🏕️ Colony Survival 🌌 Interstellar Politics 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Last Colony 89%

Recruited to lead a colony, John Perry learns his people are bait for an alien armada.

by John Scalzi 2007

4.11

74k+ ratings

🏕️ Colony Survival 🌌 Interstellar Politics 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

A Rover's Story

by Jasmine Warga • 2022

When a Mars rover starts to feel, his search for water becomes a search for belonging.

4.28

10k+

🌱 Robot Coming Of Age 🚀 Mission To Mars 🫂 Found Family

A Rover's Story 89%

When a Mars rover starts to feel, his search for water becomes a search for belonging.

by Jasmine Warga 2022

4.28

10k+ ratings

🌱 Robot Coming Of Age 🚀 Mission To Mars 🫂 Found Family

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury • 1950

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

4.16

288k+

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens

The Martian Chronicles 88%

Earth's rockets land on an ancient, telepathic Mars. One world will erase the other.

by Ray Bradbury 1950

4.16

288k+ ratings

🌑 Quiet Apocalypse 🏛️ Cultural Erasure 👽 Telepathic Aliens

The Martian

by Andy Weir • 2011

Stranded on Mars, a botanist farms potatoes and fights to signal Earth before his food disappears.

4.42

1.3M+

🔬 Hard Science Fiction 🛠️ Improvised Engineering 🧍‍♂️ Lone Survivor

The Martian 88%

Stranded on Mars, a botanist farms potatoes and fights to signal Earth before his food disappears.

by Andy Weir 2011

4.42

1.3M+ ratings

🔬 Hard Science Fiction 🛠️ Improvised Engineering 🧍‍♂️ Lone Survivor

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

3.92

30k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion

Operation Bounce House 88%

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.92

30k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion

Mickey7

by Edward Ashton • 2022

An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.

3.78

58k+

🧠 Consciousness Transfer 👥 Accidental Duplicate 👽 Sentient Aliens

Mickey7 88%

An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.

by Edward Ashton 2022

3.78

58k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Transfer 👥 Accidental Duplicate 👽 Sentient Aliens

Prime Meridian

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2017

In a future Mexico City, a gig companion dreams of Mars, but escape costs everything.

3.78

2k+

💼 Gig Economy 🚀 Mars Colonization 👵 Unlikely Friendship

Prime Meridian 88%

In a future Mexico City, a gig companion dreams of Mars, but escape costs everything.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017

3.78

2k+ ratings

💼 Gig Economy 🚀 Mars Colonization 👵 Unlikely Friendship

The Future of Humanity

by Michio Kaku • 2018

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

4.18

12k+

🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism

The Future of Humanity 88%

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

by Michio Kaku 2018

4.18

12k+ ratings

🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism

The Terraformers

by Annalee Newitz • 2023

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

3.33

7k+

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines

The Terraformers 88%

On a corporate world, a ranger uncovers a hidden city fighting to reshape the planet.

by Annalee Newitz 2023

3.33

7k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Sf 🪐 Terraformed Planet 🤖 Sentient Machines

Children of Strife

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2026

A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.

4.26

5k+

🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🕷️ Uplifted Animals 👑 Godlike Beings

Children of Strife 87%

A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2026

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🕷️ Uplifted Animals 👑 Godlike Beings

Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan • 1994

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

4.34

40k+

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

Pale Blue Dot 87%

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

by Carl Sagan 1994

4.34

40k+ ratings

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness • 2008

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

3.97

205k+

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer

The Knife of Never Letting Go 87%

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

by Patrick Ness 2008

3.97

205k+ ratings

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer

Reentry

by Eric Berger • 2024

Explosions, sleeping on the factory floor, and NASA skeptics: the real price of reusable rockets.

4.47

2k+

🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🛰️ New Space 🔧 Aerospace Engineering

Reentry 87%

Explosions, sleeping on the factory floor, and NASA skeptics: the real price of reusable rockets.

by Eric Berger 2024

4.47

2k+ ratings

🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🛰️ New Space 🔧 Aerospace Engineering

Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection

by Carl Sagan • 1973

Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.

4.25

2k+

🪐 Planetary Science 📡 Seti 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection 87%

Searching for alien intelligence is now a testable science, and the silence is a message in itself.

by Carl Sagan 1973

4.25

2k+ ratings

🪐 Planetary Science 📡 Seti 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

The Secret Life of the Universe

by Nathalie A. Cabrol • 2024

Five thousand exoplanets and a silent cosmos: the search for life is a mirror of Earth's fragility.

4.03

713

🛸 Astrobiology 🚀 Space Exploration 🧬 Origin Of Life

The Secret Life of the Universe 87%

Five thousand exoplanets and a silent cosmos: the search for life is a mirror of Earth's fragility.

by Nathalie A. Cabrol 2024

4.03

713 ratings

🛸 Astrobiology 🚀 Space Exploration 🧬 Origin Of Life

Shadow of the Xel'Naga

by Gabriel Mesta • 2001

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

3.40

2k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact

Shadow of the Xel'Naga 87%

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

by Gabriel Mesta 2001

3.40

2k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

4.25

133k+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 87%

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2016

4.25

133k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves

The Human Division

by John Scalzi • 2013

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

4.09

39k+

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family

The Human Division 87%

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

by John Scalzi 2013

4.09

39k+ ratings

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family

Accelerando

by Charles Stross • 2005

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

3.87

22k+

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai

Accelerando 87%

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

by Charles Stross 2005

3.87

22k+ ratings

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai

Ancillary Justice

by Ann Leckie • 2013

A warship AI, reduced to a single body, pursues the immortal ruler who executed her crew.

3.99

120k+

👾 Ai Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Ancillary Justice 87%

A warship AI, reduced to a single body, pursues the immortal ruler who executed her crew.

by Ann Leckie 2013

3.99

120k+ ratings

👾 Ai Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Trading in Danger

by Elizabeth Moon • 2003

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

4.00

16k+

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew

Trading in Danger 87%

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

by Elizabeth Moon 2003

4.00

16k+ ratings

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew

Gods of Another Kind

by Steven Decker • 2023

A hermit talks to animals, learns he's engineered, and follows a telepath to a perfect world.

4.40

964

🌐 Alien Utopia ⛓️ Dystopian Hierarchy 🐕 Animal Telepathy

Gods of Another Kind 87%

A hermit talks to animals, learns he's engineered, and follows a telepath to a perfect world.

by Steven Decker 2023

4.40

964 ratings

🌐 Alien Utopia ⛓️ Dystopian Hierarchy 🐕 Animal Telepathy

The State of the Art

by Iain M. Banks • 1991

A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.

3.82

20k+

💔 Utopia'S Discontents 👽 Earth Through Alien Eyes 🤝 First Contact Ethics

The State of the Art 87%

A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.

by Iain M. Banks 1991

3.82

20k+ ratings

💔 Utopia'S Discontents 👽 Earth Through Alien Eyes 🤝 First Contact Ethics

The Android's Dream

by John Scalzi • 2006

A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.

3.99

24k+

🛸 Comic Space Opera 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🤖 AI Companion

The Android's Dream 87%

A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.

by John Scalzi 2006

3.99

24k+ ratings

🛸 Comic Space Opera 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🤖 AI Companion

Edge of Victory I

by Greg Keyes • 2001

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

3.84

8k+

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War

Edge of Victory I 87%

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

by Greg Keyes 2001

3.84

8k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge • 1999

Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.

4.32

35k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 👽 First Contact Aliens 🕸️ Alien Civilization Building

A Deepness in the Sky 87%

Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.

by Vernor Vinge 1999

4.32

35k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 👽 First Contact Aliens 🕸️ Alien Civilization Building

A World of Secrets

by James Maxwell • 2020

A wounded hunter and blocked mystic cross a desert seeking the machine that holds their world.

4.30

5k+

🧬 Science Fantasy 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🤝 Found Family

A World of Secrets 87%

A wounded hunter and blocked mystic cross a desert seeking the machine that holds their world.

by James Maxwell 2020

4.30

5k+ ratings

🧬 Science Fantasy 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🤝 Found Family

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey • 2023

One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.

3.49

150k+

🧘 Meditative Fiction 🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi 👥 Crew Dynamics

Orbital 87%

One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.

by Samantha Harvey 2023

3.49

150k+ ratings

🧘 Meditative Fiction 🚀 Introspective Sci-Fi 👥 Crew Dynamics

Critical Mass

by Daniel Suarez • 2023

Three survivors must build a space civilization to rescue crewmates stranded on a distant asteroid.

4.17

5k+

📐 Hard Science Fiction ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🫂 Found Family

Critical Mass 87%

Three survivors must build a space civilization to rescue crewmates stranded on a distant asteroid.

by Daniel Suarez 2023

4.17

5k+ ratings

📐 Hard Science Fiction ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🫂 Found Family

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

by Becky Chambers • 2019

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

4.19

58k+

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation

To Be Taught, If Fortunate 87%

Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.

by Becky Chambers 2019

4.19

58k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Ensemble 🧬 Genetic Adaptation

Leviathan Falls

by James S.A. Corey • 2021

Bonded to alien technology, Jim Holden can stop the hive mind only by collapsing every ring gate.

4.54

72k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 👽 Alien Artifacts 🫂 Found Family

Leviathan Falls 87%

Bonded to alien technology, Jim Holden can stop the hive mind only by collapsing every ring gate.

by James S.A. Corey 2021

4.54

72k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 👽 Alien Artifacts 🫂 Found Family

Children of Memory

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022

An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.

4.00

33k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🦅 Uplifted Animals 🚀 Generation Ship

Children of Memory 87%

An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.00

33k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🦅 Uplifted Animals 🚀 Generation Ship

The Arbitrator

by Max Nowaz • 2016

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

4.24

19k+

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers

The Arbitrator 87%

To earn his next dose, a dying arbitrator must hold a rebel world together while his mind crumbles.

by Max Nowaz 2016

4.24

19k+ ratings

🪐 Space Colonialism 💉 Addict Protagonist 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Rogue Protocol

by Martha Wells • 2018

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

4.24

176k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

Rogue Protocol 86%

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

by Martha Wells 2018

4.24

176k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

The Space Barons

by Christian Davenport • 2018

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

4.10

4k+

🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets

The Space Barons 86%

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

by Christian Davenport 2018

4.10

4k+ ratings

🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets

House Atreides

by Brian Herbert • 1999

A young duke, a deposed prince, a desert scientist: the Imperium is closing in.

3.84

30k+

🚀 Political Space Opera 👑 Noble Houses Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Planet

House Atreides 86%

A young duke, a deposed prince, a desert scientist: the Imperium is closing in.

by Brian Herbert 1999

3.84

30k+ ratings

🚀 Political Space Opera 👑 Noble Houses Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Planet

A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers • 2016

An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.

4.37

90k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌌 Slice-Of-Life Sci-Fi 🤖 AI Personhood

A Closed and Common Orbit 86%

An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.

by Becky Chambers 2016

4.37

90k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌌 Slice-Of-Life Sci-Fi 🤖 AI Personhood

Caliban’s War

by James S.A. Corey • 2012

On Ganymede, a missing girl's father and a marine chase an alien secret into interplanetary war.

4.39

186k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🫂 Found Family

Caliban’s War 86%

On Ganymede, a missing girl's father and a marine chase an alien secret into interplanetary war.

by James S.A. Corey 2012

4.39

186k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🫂 Found Family

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space

Seveneves 86%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space

Dante

by Guy Haley • 2017

To join the Blood Angels, a boy survives brutal trials. The last demands a friend's life.

4.32

2k+

🦅 Space Marine Chapter 🖤 Grimdark Tone ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood

Dante 86%

To join the Blood Angels, a boy survives brutal trials. The last demands a friend's life.

by Guy Haley 2017

4.32

2k+ ratings

🦅 Space Marine Chapter 🖤 Grimdark Tone ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

by Becky Chambers • 2021

Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.

4.40

43k+

🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Found Family In Space 🛑 Stranded Together

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Summary

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 86%

Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.40

43k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Found Family In Space 🛑 Stranded Together

All These Worlds

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2017

Cloned starship minds battle planet-devouring aliens as the last humans flee a freezing Earth.

4.40

67k+

🚀 Hard Sf Humor 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👥 Clone Divergence

All These Worlds 86%

Cloned starship minds battle planet-devouring aliens as the last humans flee a freezing Earth.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2017

4.40

67k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Sf Humor 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👥 Clone Divergence

Eyes of the Void

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

4.19

21k+

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero

Eyes of the Void 86%

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.19

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero

Interstellar

by Avi Loeb • 2023

An object from another star defied physics. We weren't ready. A plan to catch the next one.

3.52

626

🧬 Astrobiology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Interstellar 86%

An object from another star defied physics. We weren't ready. A plan to catch the next one.

by Avi Loeb 2023

3.52

626 ratings

🧬 Astrobiology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Artemis

by Andy Weir • 2017

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

3.68

335k+

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong

Artemis 86%

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

by Andy Weir 2017

3.68

335k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks • 1987

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

3.85

102k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

Consider Phlebas 86%

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

by Iain M. Banks 1987

3.85

102k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

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