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.

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.