Mars was meant to be humanity's second chance.Instead, it became a sedated one.Its air is laced with lithium to keep the peace. Its storms are monitored, its populations optimised, its dissent quietly softened until freedom becomes a distant memory.Jake Westmoor survives in that silence, smuggling black-market oxygen through the storm belts and asking as few questions as possible. But when a routine run goes catastrophically wrong, he finds himself stranded at the Elysium Grace - a vast, long-abandoned ship resting far from civilisation, sealed and forgotten.Deep within its core, something wakes.Mara is not just an artificial intelligence. She is a remnant of humanity's first attempt to save Mars - a system built to manage atmosphere, ecosystems, and survival itself. And she has been waiting.As corporate hunters close in and the truth beneath Mars's calm begins to surface, Jake realises the planet's serenity is not peace, but design. Worse still, he may not be as separate from that design as he believes.Lithium Sky is a thought-provoking science fiction thriller about control disguised as care, intelligence without conscience, and the price of keeping a world alive. Blending hard science fiction with psychological tension and quiet human stakes, it is ideal for readers who enjoy morally complex futures and slow-burn revelations."A thrilling, fast-paced science fiction novel that keeps its reader on their toes with easy prose."- Reedsy Reviewer (4★)