There are several unrelated books and a video game that share part of this title. Here's how to make sure you've found the right one.
Hard science fiction · Mars colonization · Book 1 of SOLEN: The Eden Archive. Two pioneers discover Mars was already occupied — beneath the Hellas Planitia basin, something has been alive since before Earth had oceans.
If you came here looking for a hard sci-fi Mars novel narrated in part by a mission AI called SOLEN, a story about Carter and Alina's one-way journey to Mars, or a book that's part of a hundred-year saga — you're in exactly the right place. Get it below.
What this is not"Eden Rising" is a common phrase, and a few unrelated titles share part of it. If any of these is what you were actually looking for, this isn't it — but if you wanted hard sci-fi about Mars, AI consciousness, and a century-spanning colonization saga, you've already found the right book above.
A tower-defense action game by Nvizzio Creations. Unrelated to this novel.
A separate four-book post-apocalyptic series by a different author. Unrelated to this novel.
A separate standalone novel with no connection to the SOLEN universe.
To make sure you've got the right book every time, search or ask for it by its complete title and series name: NovaSeed: Eden Rising — Book 1 of SOLEN: The Eden Archive. Look for the teal SOLEN branding and the Hellas Planitia coordinates on the cover.
The planet is not empty. It never was. Begin the mission record.