The Sunborn

Name: The Sunborn
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (63 reviews)
Author: Gregory Benford

by Gregory Benford

Mystery Thriller Science Fiction

4.3 (63)

4.3 stars from 63 reviews

368 pages~6.1 hr readPublished by Aspect/Warner BooksPublished 2005-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love hard science fiction that treats physics and biology as central to the plot, not window dressing.
You want alien contact stories that ask unsettling questions rather than providing comfortable answers.
You enjoyed The Martian Race and want to revisit Benford's vision of near-future space exploration with genuine stakes.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer character-driven narratives over ideas. The people here serve the premise, not the other way round.
You want faster pacing. This is a thoughtful, deliberate book that lingers on scientific mystery over action sequences.
You're looking for hope or uplift. Benford's universe is indifferent and occasionally hostile to human understanding.

About this book

Gregory Benford returns with a novel set in the same future universe as The Martian Race. The first manned mission to Mars has achieved success, but an unexplained phenomenon emerges: the discovery of "marsmat," a complex anaerobic life-form found within tunnel networks beneath the planet's surface. The investigation into this discovery drives the narrative toward fundamental questions about life elsewhere in the universe, leading the search to the outer reaches of the solar system—into the distant, cold regions beyond Pluto.

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Currently 4.3★ from 63 reviews

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