Arctica

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Cramped, frozen, forced to socialize with one-hundred fifty fellow colonists, engineer Robert Mason came willingly to his own private hell.Leagues from civilization, Mason and the inhabitants of PMACS 1 have just embarked on a massive social experiment deep within the Antarctic tundra. They will be watched. They will be tested. Their interactions will determine how to structure the first society on Mars.From the onset, Mason struggles to earn the respect of his crew and bear the constant social contact. Weeks turn to months, and just as Mason adjusts, news of political turmoil in the outside world shatters the calm. Quarrels abound, and when the outside turbulence escalates to global war, the colonists lose all links to civilization.Abandoned to the wild and on the brink of collapse, the colonists soon discover a more sinister threat. Mason finds himself entangled in a deadly game of deception and wit, where the fate of the colony may rest in his hands.