Retaking Elysium

Name: Retaking Elysium
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: M. Darusha Wehm
ISBN: 9780995104853

Author: M. Darusha Wehm

Narrator: M. Darusha Wehm

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribl

Published: 11/12/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Mars is good place to reinvent yourself, isn’t it? Jules Morales’s life has always been a state of contact change. When the opportunity comes up, why not take a trip to Mars to work on the platinum mining operation—and make a load of money? But what if there is more to Mars than just a payday and an adventure? The woman now calling herself Lisa Marie has spent her whole life trapped by the struggle to make ends meet, and sometimes held hostage by her own memories. On Mars she might finally find financial security, but will she also find something to care about today, and maybe even for the future? Mars is a world in transition, caught in the balance between capitalist exploitation and human exploration. The first people of Mars need to find a way to build a functioning economic zone and liveable habitat on the Red Planet. But could they do more—create a community, a true new home for humanity?

About M. Darusha Wehm

M Darusha Wehm is the Nebula Award-nominated and Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning author of the interactive fiction game The Martian Job, several SF and YA novels, and the Andersson Dexter cyberpunk detective series. Originally from Canada, Darusha now lives in New Zealand after spending several years sailing the Pacific.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on December 01, 2019

I greatly enjoyed this deeper exploration of the Mars that M. Darusha Wehm established in their Nebula-nominated interactive novel from Choice of Games. This isn't a story about high drama or stakes; no, it's about people on Mars who are working and living and loving, and how they come together to s......more

Goodreads review by Si on February 21, 2022

Lisa Marie has been on Mars for a while and kind of feels like she's drifting aimlessly through life. Jules is just beginning a new life on Mars and is excited about the potential it offers. Both get caught up (in different ways) in the burgeoning civil rights movement taking shape on Mars. I thoroug......more

Goodreads review by Tony on October 29, 2022

Retaking Elysium is an interesting futuristic forecast about the initial settlement on Mars. The colony is driven by platinum mining and is owned by a private enterprise. The story follows two women, Jules and Lisa Marie who come from atypical backgrounds and have follow different career paths, only......more

Goodreads review by Addison on May 13, 2023

I really enjoyed this novella, though I was missing some context when I started it. This is a deeper look at an interactive novel published with Choice of Games, which I have not read, but I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary to have done so. I enjoyed spending time with Jules and Lisa Marie in a......more