{"product_id":"the-ninth-metal-by-benjamin-percy-2021-the-comet-cycle","title":"The ninth metal by Benjamin Percy 2021 The comet cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e The ninth metal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Series:\u003c\/strong\u003e the comet cycle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781473690073\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrative Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMPN:\u003c\/strong\u003e N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23.2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Language:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntended Audience:\u003c\/strong\u003e Young Adults,Adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781473690073\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback, 304 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781473690073\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eng\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem Height:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.6 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Percy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTopic:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cycling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\/Region of Manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 kg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem Width:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15.2 cm\u003c\/p\u003eThe ninth metal by Benjamin Percy 2021 The comet cycle\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eIt began with a comet. When it came into view on a close pass by Earth, people took off work, gathering on sidewalks and in parking lots to watch it burn by. One year later, Earth spun into the debris field the comet left behind. Minnesota seemed to bear the brunt of the damage: meteors annihilated barns and silos, cratered pastures and hardwood forests, tore up county highways, and evaporated one small town in an instant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eAt first, it seems to be a disaster. Until the people of Minnesota notice deposits of unusual metal in the comet's debris. Not gold, silver, copper, tin, iron or any of the noble metals, it's a previously unknown ninth metal: omnimetal. With high-density charging capabilities and conductive properties that can change the world as an energy source, the deposit might be the best thing that ever happened to the northern section of the state, where the economy has been dying for a long time. Or it might be the worst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cbr style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"Proxima Nova\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;'\u003eIt is then that the \"gold rush\" begins. Farmers sell their metal-rich land for millions. Comet-worshipping cults set up compounds and repeat the phrase \"Metal is\" as their mantra. Roughnecks flood the town, hungry for work and trouble. Prostitutes flourish. Businesses rise. Families are divided. Saudis bid against the Chinese on land grabs. Bodies lie in shallow graves. As witnessed when oil was discovered in the Bakken Formation of North Dakota, the heartland in our story goes from the middle of nowhere to the center of everything. And one family--the Frontiers--hopes to control it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Reading Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49151516016949,"sku":"2460","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/2088\/9653\/files\/57_fd403dd8-b051-4213-a1de-48c00ce1e45a.jpg?v=1714900013","url":"https:\/\/thereadingcornerau.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ninth-metal-by-benjamin-percy-2021-the-comet-cycle","provider":"The Reading Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}