Red Lightning by John Varley

355 pages first pub 2006 (view editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
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Red Lightning is written for readers who relish watching a second-generation Martian slacker trade fame-by-association for gritty Earthbound detective work when a mysterious cosmic impact upends both planets.

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The son of one of the first men to fly to Mars and back, Ray Garcia-Strickland is now a disgruntled Martian, tired of the Red Planet's overdevelopment and the gravity-dependent tourist Earthies. But that doesn't stop him from fearing the worst whe...

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