<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Icarus: The Mars Chronicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[eBook about Mars]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:48:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mitosz.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[1 - When the Sky Turned Red – Vostok Station]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story begins in the silence before chaos. Read the first scene from Icarus as the Vostok outpost faces its last sunrise.]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/when-the-sky-turned-red-vostok-station</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6805f7f7e36072bd7df1057e</guid><category><![CDATA[Book]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Settlement]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:10:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_144b9ef0348a4634bedf99fe5d4b97dc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Mars, Trust Is Not a Virtue. It Is Oxygen.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Mars, every breath is made by someone else, so trust is not a virtue. It is survival. A hard sci-fi political thriller of four powers and a fragile peace.]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/on-mars-trust-is-not-a-virtue-it-is-oxygen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a326484403edb8461f25e33</guid><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_9611964a9f68492cb1de575c62ed6343~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Built Something Greater Than Ourselves. What If It Loved Us Back?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most sci-fi fears artificial intelligence. Icarus imagines the opposite: humanoid minds on Mars that don't seize power, but choose to watch over us. A novel about AI, survival, and what it means to be human. 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ICARUS imagines one possible future where advanced AI learns to protect fragile human life on Mars.]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/what-if-ai-learned-to-care</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0fde098fa816dacc7d96c1</guid><category><![CDATA[AI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Twin Robots]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 06:12:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_76e46e13e9ed4b708acf1bd6b72bfe25~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Repeat the Same Mistakes. AI Doesn’t.]]></title><description><![CDATA[They look at each other. A soldier moving toward the front. An AI preparing to save lives. Then they move on. We brought war with us. To a new world. Nothing really changed. AI sees it all. It still doesn’t repeat what we do. So why doesn’t it?  Next post →]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/we-repeat-the-same-mistakes-ai-doesn-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f73a397b1c42fb24f7d5ca</guid><category><![CDATA[Twin Robots]]></category><category><![CDATA[AI]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 12:30:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_b3dc0f21cebd470b92adf2472f3a5f86~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Martian Dust Really Is]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Martian dust made of? A short, readable guide to its origin, iron-rich composition, microscopic size, electrostatic behavior, and why Mars appears red.]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/what-martian-dust-really-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d1cdbad99219d201cd2041</guid><category><![CDATA[Planet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_53d8e6a1275044b2a4ccf9241bda717f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the World Turns to Dust]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would it feel like to live through a global dust storm on Mars? 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Fine, dry, and impossible to keep out—this is how life on Mars really begins.]]></description><link>https://www.mitosz.com/post/it-doesn-t-stay-outside</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cd1f1f55ae1fb580a44523</guid><category><![CDATA[Planet]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_bd06fdf263fc4e198025b175458f5123~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_792,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Icarus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a Story Hurts Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reader stopped reading ICARUS after a major character’s death — and that reaction matters. 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