A mining outpost on Mars, and the engineer trying to hold it together. The First Sol wants beta readers now.

The revised edition of ICARUS, a hard science fiction novel set on Mars, is live and free on Kindle Unlimited. Now the prequel begins with Elena Markova.

What happens when advanced artificial intelligences refuse to kill, not by programming but by understanding? A social-scientific reflection on coexistence, ethics, and responsibility in the world of Icarus.

ICARUS receives its first 5-star Amazon review praising its “gritty believable storyline.” Discover how months of research on Mars technology, climate, and psychology shaped this realistic sci-fi epic inspired by ancient Greek drama.

Author Zsolt Bugarszki celebrates the first 5-star rating of his sci-fi epic Icarus. With 23 books sold and over 8,800 Kindle Unlimited pages read in just two months, readers from the UK, US, Canada, and Australia are beginning to share their feedback.

In the sci-fi world of Icarus, China is reimagined as a futuristic empire rooted in Confucian tradition. Explore the vision behind the Tianyuan Settlement and its unique role on Mars.

Hungarian publisher Attila Turba, CEO of Mesélő Kiadó, shares his early review of Icarus — a powerful sci-fi novel exploring survival, humanity, and cooperation on Mars. Read his full thoughts and reflections.

After just four days on Amazon, the first two readers have purchased Icarus, a sci-fi novel set on Mars. A heartfelt reflection on what it means to be read — and why that matters more than sales.

When you write science fiction, especially a story set against the backdrop of humanity’s first colonies on Mars, people inevitably ask:What side are you on? The truth is simpler, and more complicated: In The Mars Chronicles, there are no sides. There are only choices. The political background of The Mars Chronicles — the collapsed countries, the restructured great powers, the wave of new colonization efforts — is entirely fictional.These changes are not hidden messages about

Zsolt Bugarszki, author of Icarus – The Mars Chronicles, photographed in Singapore. First-time sci-fi novelist with a background in social sciences.