From renowned Mars visionary Robert Zubrin comes his much-anticipated debut novel-a work of fiction born from the facts that inspired his groundbreaking nonfiction works, The Case for Mars and Entering Space. Filled with startling authenticity, First Landing follows humankind's first manned mission to Mars, a new frontier of undreamed-of possibilities-and nightmarish consequences... When the first exploratory mission to Mars is stranded, five scientists must save themselves. The race is on-not to see who will get credit for the mission or who will make the greatest discovery...but who will survive.