Meet Lena Ryland, the disciplined systems engineer and docking bay manager of Minos Settlement. Calm, brilliant, and quietly courageous, she leads the secret aid routes to Vostok and saves lives during the storm that nearly kills Ian Everhart. Discover her origins, role, and emotional journey in The Mars Chronicles.

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.

ICARUS creator Zsolt Bugarszki shares why he uses AI as a creative tool — not for shortcuts, but for independence, storytelling, and artistic direction.

An emotionally gripping, high-stakes sci-fi epic about survival, rebellion, and the fragile hope of beginning again, not just as individuals, but as a civilization.

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.

The Mars Chronicles expands with the launch of the ICARUS comic book. A visual retelling for younger readers, blending action, emotion, and moral depth.

In Icarus, pioneers spend 2–4 years on Mars as miners, engineers, and scientists. Reduced gravity weakens muscles and bones, circulation and vision change, and future generations may grow biologically distinct. Discover how long-term settlement transforms the human body.

A 6–9 month journey to Mars pushes the human body to its limits. Muscle and bone loss, fluid shifts, vision problems, and immune changes all threaten astronaut health. Discover the physiological challenges of long-duration space travel and how future Mars explorers prepare to face them.

What are the psychological challenges of traveling to Mars? Explore real issues faced on the ISS—sleep disruption, isolation, stress—and the experiments preparing astronauts for deep space missions.

Space radiation is one of the biggest challenges of a Mars mission. Learn what radiation is, why it’s dangerous, how astronauts handle it on the ISS, and the plans for protecting crews during the long journey and on the Martian surface.

How long does it take to get to Mars with today’s rockets? Discover the average 7–9 month journey, the challenges of deep space travel, and how future technology could cut the trip time in half.

Discover ICARUS, a gripping sci-fi epic set on Mars. Now available directly from the author on Gumroad — instant EPUB & PDF download, no middleman. Support indie publishing and join the journey beyond Earth.

On Mars, survival comes before style. In Icarus, vehicles appear old, dirty, and analog because the Martian environment destroys advanced tech. Settlers favor rugged, repairable machines over sleek designs—choosing reliability against storms, dust, and neglect.

Meet Director Li Xiang, the disciplined yet poetic leader of Tianyuan Settlement in Icarus. Once an engineer and imperial advisor, now a strategist balancing loyalty, survival, and humanity on Mars. Discover his story and the choices that could reshape the Red Planet.

Explore Tianyuan, the Huánglóng Dynasty’s hypermodern settlement on Mars. A fortress city blending imperial tradition, AI, and sustainability—built to endure as China’s vision for a structured civilization on the Red Planet.

In the near future, humanity has reached Mars. But the dream of exploration has fractured into four rival settlements — American, European, Chinese, and Russian. Built on old Earth alliances and resentments, they live under strict treaties that forbid cooperation.

In the sci-fi world of Icarus, China is reimagined as a futuristic empire rooted in Confucian tradition. Explore the vision behind the Tianyuan Settlement and its unique role on Mars.

Author Zsolt Bugarszki shares the excitement of receiving the first print copy of his sci-fi novel Icarus—and the shock of discovering that all Chinese characters were missing. A behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of multilingual indie publishing.

Discover The Mars Chronicles like never before—through an AI-generated musical. Explore how the sci-fi novel Icarus is retold in original songs, cinematic videos, and experimental storytelling using cutting-edge creative tools. Watch the full playlist now.

Hungarian publisher Attila Turba, CEO of Mesélő Kiadó, shares his early review of Icarus — a powerful sci-fi novel exploring survival, humanity, and cooperation on Mars. Read his full thoughts and reflections.