{"product_id":"2940000090398","title":"Lunar Heart: A Novel of Colonization","description":"A Visionary Novel of Life on the Moon! From the creator of Arthur's Classic Novels comes a unique novel that combines hard science and spirituality in the kind of heady brew you'd expect from Greg Benford or Stephen Baxter. The Chinese Lunar colony has succeeded where the Americans had failed. The North pole of the Red Planet is theirs along with all the minerals that they can mine. But now thousands of families are restless for a system that will give them greater say in how their colony should be governed. One woman, Iscar MacNeal believes she has found a way to change things. \"Iscar was lightheaded and excited at their success. They only needed to pass through the main airlock separating Alpha and Beta Sector tunnels. But their numbers were not as many as Iscar had expected. Only half of those committed had actually joined them. Yet she was sure that once the settlers started moving in, many more from Alpha would come to help build a strong self-governing unit. She would need their help.\" Gordon Singh did not know he was going to the Moon. And so he had never thought he would be important to a revolution, nor to an uprising that would change the direction for mankind. \"We had been warned to move slowly and take short steps. All of us stand in lost wonder, then we walk the ramp to join crew standing on the Lunar surface. Many suits in the flood lights, shine in their many coloured splendour. A new dark blue suit walks recklessly over to my June and grabbed her by the shoulders swinging her around. Calhoun is the one holding my summer love. Calhoun is going to take her away. I stand alone gazing, then start looking all around.\" Hortense and John are just two bright kids with a greatinterest in rocketry and the adventure of the Moon's surface. They learn to work as a team. Then War breaks out. \"It was in the third, four day watch, that John discovered the first incoming missile. He allowed the computers to site and defend, as the radio officer made it clear to headquarters what was happening. Other orbital defenses went on high alert and shot down 17 other missiles in the next two minutes. Only one got through.\" Soon the colonists have captured the 'American South pole facilities' made a deal with the Chinese, and declared themselves a nation. Then they discover that their problems are only beginning? Here is a novel filled with real people with real problems, facing an uncertain future, each completely different from the other, yet linked by one bond, for each is searching for, and driven by, a lunar heart.","brand":"Renaissance E Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077241618672,"sku":"2940000090398","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000090398_p0.jpg?v=1763538444","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000090398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}