Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal. About the Book Product Details Author Bio Reviews About the Book. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city. Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself. Artemis wasn't as well received as Weir's first novel, but like The Martian, much of its charm lies is the world-building that hews as closely as possible to scientific fact.We interviewed Weir. The new novel from Andy Weir, the author of the global bestselling novel The Martian which inspired the blockbuster film directed by Ridley Scott. Artemis won the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and. The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. This heros journey follows Jazz, a smuggler, as she battles to save Artemis and herself. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down. ![]() And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions-not to mention sheer brazen swagger. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. ![]() Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. ![]() She is an alcoholic, and refuses to do business with Artemis. They meet with their contact, Nguyen, who leads them to her hiding spot, where she has been posing as a healer. Andy Weirs highly anticipated sophomore novel, Artemis, is a smart and fun page-turner. She only needs to use her skills to help a businessman sabotage a mining operation. Smart and sassy Jazz lives here but does not like being poor so she accepts a high-stakes job that will make her rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. In Chapter 1, twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl and his assistant Julius Butler are in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, looking for a fairy. Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir Conversation Starters Artemis is the the first city ever built outside earth, on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller-a heist story set on the moon.
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