Frontera (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Lewis Shiner
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future war
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Primarily Mars
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, War, Mars, Arms or weapons, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: Mars
The Plot
Earths governments have collapsed, and corporations have taken the place of national governments. Morgan, the head of the Pulsystems corporation, has organized an expedition to the Frontera colony on Mars. As the novel opens, Kane, Takahashi, Reese, and Lena are about to enter Marss orbit.
Earth support of the Frontera colony had ended ten years previously, and communications from the colony to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had stopped. Kane believes that the rescue mission is too late to do any good; while in training for the...
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