Artemis

The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thrillerΓÇöa heist story set on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy,eccentric-billionaire richlike many of the visitors to her hometown of ArtemishumanityΓÇÖs first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt sheΓÇÖs owed for a long time. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her wayJazz canΓÇÖt say no. Sureit requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunningtechnical skillsand large explosionsΓÇönot to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect canΓÇÖt handleand she figures sheΓÇÖs got the ΓÇÿswaggerΓÇÖ part down. The trouble isengineering the perfect crime is just the start of JazzΓÇÖs problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself. Trapped between competing forcespursued by a killer and the law alikeeven Jazz has to admit sheΓÇÖs in way over her head. SheΓÇÖll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city. Jazz is no herobut she is a very good criminal. ThatΓÇÖll have to do. Propelled by its heroineΓÇÖs wisecracking voiceset in a city thatΓÇÖs at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiarand brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y funArtemis is another irresistible brew of sciencesuspenseand humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.