

Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. For example, she maintains certain scruples regarding smuggling: “Ever wonder why don’t get into town? Because I don’t let it” (298). The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thrillera heist story set on the moon. The story takes place on the Earth facing side of Luna, in and around the city called Artemis. However, the novel complicates and even defends Jazz’s actions by indicating the moral aspects of Jazz’s illegal actions. In the book Artemis, by author Andy Weir, we have a young, mid-twenties heroine named Jasmine (Jazz) Bashara as the star performer. At the same time, a book which is 5 years old, and still in the top 50k most of the time - that’s a book doing really well. Its an average rank, and the book has a moderate amount of sales on Amazon. Artemis: A Novel (Paperback) By Andy Weir November 2017 Indie Next List Jazz is a porter on Artemis, the only city on the moon, and her job is supplemented. She runs an illegal smuggling operation, and she vandalizes corporate property in exchange for payment from Trond. The Artemis: A Novel book is in average demand now as the rank for the book is 27,703 at the moment. As a settlement, Artemis has generally loose governance, and Artemis takes advantages of moral grey areas within this loose governance in the pursuit of personal gain. It takes place in the late 2080s in Artemis, the first and so far only city on the Moon. Jazz’s own moral ambiguities challenge the idea that morality is always absolute and perfectly regimented. Artemis is a 2017 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir.


This Study Guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Artemis. Over the course of Jazz’s character arc, and within the setting of Artemis, the novel explores the nature of morality occupying ambiguous areas. Artemis: A Novel - Chapters 3 5 Summary & Analysis.
