Review of The First Murder on Mars

The First Murder On Mars by Sam Wilson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I'm not obsessed about Mars - I can stop thinking about the Red Planet any time I want to!

Now that I have that out of the way, let's talk about The First Murder on Mars. I'm 95% sure I found out about this book via author John Scalzi's blog, but however I discovered it I'm glad I did. It's set on Mars in the early days of human colonization, and opens with the birth of the first people born on Mars, Rosemary and her fraternal twin brother, Archimedes "Archie" Fuller. Then it alternates between their story and events on Mars some 50 years later, after an unspecified Collapse on Earth maroons the Martians.

I have to say I found this book fascinating. I've had a longstanding interest in the settlement of Mars, and the idea of a human-inhabited Mars cut off from Earth has also been fascinating. I have a few minor technical quibbles, but overall the author does a great job with both the science and the characters. I highly recommend this book, even if you're not obsessed with Mars.



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