Artemis - A Novel

Andy Weir

Crown

2017

305 páginas

10h 10m

ISBN-13: 9780525572664

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

Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many 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 never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.

The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.

Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.

Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.

That’ll have to do.

Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.

ANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the runaway success of his debut novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to pursue writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He lives in California.

Resenhas (3)

4 (Muito bom)

É ótimo!!

Uma muito boa de uma ficção científica! (perdão, português)

Não me lembro de ter me cansado em nenhum momento. Todos os parágrafos eram interessantes. O fato de que eu li com muita saudade de ler um livro em inglês pode ter influenciado minha opinião um pouquinho :}

Gostei muito de como a "explicação técnica" das coisas não foi cansativa! Tenho facilidade em não me prender tanto nessas partes mais explicativas em ficções científicas, mas não foi o caso desse livro.

Super divertido! Recomendo!

(Só não foi 5 estrelas porque o final pareceu muito corrido. Nós, pobre leitores, passamos o livro inteiro querendo saborear o gostinho da vitória... E quando a vitória chega, ela mal dura 1 capítulo... Mas bem mal mesmo. Acho que foram umas 2 folhas só)