{"product_id":"massif-2017","title":"Massif","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and master of speculative fiction Garth Nix comes his first foray into adult science fiction with a brilliant and poignant stand-alone story of sentient starships, galactic warfare, and the bonds a crew forms far, far from Earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nix has created an ingenious, icy world in the throes of chaos. The action charges along at a gallop, imbued with an encompassing sense of looming disaster. A page-turner for sure.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaught me a mountain\u003cbr\u003eRode it to the stars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's business as usual for Ship Leader Parnell Shi-Sawahla and the crew of the corvette \u003ci\u003eSassafras.\u003c\/i\u003e Ride a Massif to a new system, fight the enemy, repeat. For more than two hundred years humans have been hitching rides on these sentient, starfaring mountain ranges, colonizing planets and exporting an on and off again war between Earth and Mars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the big questions are always there, behind every battle, every new colony, every new star system discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy do the Massifs carry humans to the stars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy do they help us export our wars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's in it for the Massifs?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShip crews aren't supposed to ask these questions, they aren't supposed to think about these questions, and they definitely aren't supposed to \u003ci\u003ego deep\u003c\/i\u003e and talk to Massif avatars. But now Parnell and his tight-knit crew must try to find the answers, to save not only themselves but the future of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarth Nix\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author whose beloved Old Kingdom fantasy series begins with \u003cem\u003eSabriel. \u003c\/em\u003eHis many other novels include \u003cem\u003eShade's Children\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Confusion of Princes\u003c\/em\u003e, and he has written such children's series as The Seventh Tower and the Keys to the Kingdom, as well as co-writing TroubleTwisters and Have Sword, Will Travel with Sean Williams. His work has been translated into forty-two languages and has sold more than seven million copies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garth Nix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52917842837789,"sku":"9780063292017","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780063292017.jpg?v=1789156792","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/massif-2017","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}