virtual-reality-proxies

Demeter Coghlan, a wealthy visitor from Texahoma, navigates the challenges of traveling on Mars as a nonadapted human, relying on proxies and virtual reality to explore the Valles Marineris region. She is escorted by Jory den Ostreicher, a Creole adapted for surface work, who provides insight into the biological adaptations and social infrastructure of the Martian colony. Throughout her visit, Demeter uncovers the precarious balance of life on Mars, the technological mediation necessary for survival, and the covert political tensions involving competing colonization efforts by the Zealanders.