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| Author | Ian McDonald |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Spectra |
Publication date | February 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 365 |
| ISBN | 978-0-553-27057-0 |
| Followed by | Ares Express |
Desolation Road is a 1988 science fiction novel written by Ian McDonald. It was McDonald's first published novel. The plot takes place on a far future Mars in a town that develops around an oasis in the terraformed Martian desert. McDonald published a sequel, Ares Express, in 2001.