must-have ! Artemis by Andy Wier

The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible just-arrived near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon.

Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She purely wanted to acquire rich.

Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, enjoy multiple of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s 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 she’s owed for a long time.

So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has not once run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.

The trouble is, engineering the impeccable crime is only the start of Jazz’s problems. B