{"product_id":"9781480497474","title":"Child of Venus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Nebula Award–winning author’s “masterful SF trilogy” of human colonists terraforming the second planet from the sun comes to a stunning conclusion (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Often compared to Kim Stanley Robinson’s acclaimed Mars trilogy, the three novels in the Venus saga—\u003ci\u003eVenus of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Venus of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChild of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e—further establish the Nebula and Locus Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shore of Women \u003c\/i\u003eas “one of the genre’s best writers” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The Venus Project—making the planet’s atmosphere habitable for humans—spans centuries and determines the fate of multiple generations. The great task has already survived the ravages of civil war and continues unabated, overseen by two distinct rival factions: the “Cytherian” human colonists in enclosed settlements on the planet’s surface and the “Habbers,” cybernetically enhanced human dwellers living in a mobile asteroid orbiting above the planet.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Mahala Liangharad is a true child of Venus, conceived from the genetic material of rebels who died long before her birth. Chained to the Project her forebears began centuries earlier, she is restless and dissatisfied with the prospect of spending her entire existence inside a sealed dome. But her life is changed forever when the Habbers receive alien radio signals from six hundred light years away. With all work on Venus abruptly halted, Mahala now faces the most momentous decision of her young life. She can remain behind on the unfinished planet, or leave everything she’s ever known and loved to pursue her destiny—and humankind’s—to the far reaches of the universe . . .\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125733638384,"sku":"9781480497474","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480497474_p0.jpg?v=1769894175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480497474","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}