A new novel from Ben Bova, creator of the <i>New York Times</i> best-selling Grand Tour science fiction series. Bova is a six time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society. Here, Bova returns to his most popular and best-selling subject: <i>the quest for Mars!</i><br><br>How do you get to the Red Planet? Not via a benighted government program trapped in red tape and bound by budget constrictions, that’s for sure. No, what it will take is a helping of adventure, science, corporate powerplays, a generous dollop of seduction—both in and out of the boardroom—and money, money, money!<br><br>Art Thrasher knows this. He is a man with a driving vision: send humans to Mars. The government has utterly failed, but Thrasher has got the plan to accomplish such a feat: form a “club” or billionaires to chip in one billion a year until the dream is accomplished. But these are men and women who are tough cookies, addicted to a profitable bottom-line, and disdainful of pie-in-the-sky dreamers who want to use<i>their </i>cash to make somebody else’s dreams come true.<br><br>But Thrasher is different from the other dreamers in an important regard: he’s a billionaire himself, and the president of a successful company. But it’s going to take all his wiles as a captain of industry and master manipulator of business and capital to overcome setbacks and sabotage—and get a rocket full of scientist, engineers, visionaries, and dreamers on their way to the Red Planet.<br><br>The man for the job has arrived. Art Thrasher is prepared to do whatever it takes to humans on Mars—or die trying!<br><br><b>About <i>Mars, Inc</i>.:<br></b>“. . .perfectly enjoyable as an SF book (could Bova write anything that <i>wasn’t</i>enjoyable?), <i>Mars, Inc. </i>has that torn-from-the-headline vibe that’s obviously intended for a larger audience. . . . the bottom line?<i>Mars, Inc. </i>has inspiration, excitement, thrills, romance, a dash of satire—and is a good, fun read . . . .”—<i>Analog</i><br><br>&quot;The Hugo winner returns to his most popular subject: the quest for Mars.&quot;—<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i><br>&quot;. . . escapist fantasy for rocket scientists and space engineers, those dreaming of these kinds of missions. Yet Bova’s story is rigorously realistic. . . . a fun read showing you do not need car chases or shootouts to deliver a fast-paced and exciting story.&quot;—<i>Daily News of Galveston County</i><br><br><b>About the award winning novels of Ben Bova:</b><br>“Technically accurate and absorbing. . ..”—<i>Kirkus</i><br><br>“[Bova is] the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world.”—Ray Bradbury<br><br>“A masterful storyteller”—<i>Vector</i><br><br>“Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asimov used to do so well.”—<i>SFX</i>