{"product_id":"9781612420073","title":"Ceres","description":"*** 2010 Nominee for the Prometheus Award ***\u003cp\u003eIn the 22nd century people have spread into the Solar System. Born and raised in a twentieth of Earth's gravity on the asteroid Pallas, young skater Llyra Ngu is grimly determined to compete and win on mankind's homeworld-an ambition that many say will cripple or kill her. ** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer older brother Wilson is equally set on quitting his job as a surveyor's apprentice to become an asteroid hunter, a calling fraught with the promise of fabulous riches and the danger of sudden death. He will find a full share of romance and disappointment, love and loss, and pursue the asteroid hunter's holy grail, the legendary Diamond Rogue. ** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLlyra's training will require years, and a journey that will take her to Ceres, at one tenth Earth's gravity, where her father bosses the Ceres Terraformation Project, to the one-sixth gravity of the Moon, to Mars and one third gravity, and finally to Earth. Along the way, she will survive jealous rivals, a hostile press, terrorist attacks, and the hijacking of a spaceliner in order to achieve her goal. ** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, Llyra and Wilson will hear the call of the stars, themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arc Manor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031531962608,"sku":"9781612420073","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612420073_p0.jpg?v=1763841820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612420073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}