{"product_id":"9781943035229","title":"Pale Mars","description":"A DEAD WORLD. OR IS IT?\u003cp\u003eAfter a bloodbath beneath the surface of Ceres, an urgent message sends Cosmonaut Nadezhda Gura and her crew on a mission to Mars. Something's menacing the American colony there, snatching up citizens one by one from the shadows, but nobody seems to know who-or what-is responsible. Is it political dissidents? The last survivor of a long dead race? Or, as some whisper, a tall figure with burning eyes, preying vampire-like among the domes and air ducts of the colony?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadezhda's quest for answers takes her through the ruins of the Red Planet, as secret agendas are revealed, and a final showdown with a monstrous force, threatening communists and capitalists alike, ensues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePALE MARS is the sequel to Red Venus, part Raygun Gothic, part Space Opera, set in an alternate universe where atomic-powered rockets take the Cold War into space much earlier. It's retro sci-fi with a twist, seen through the eyes of the East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEAT to a PULP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044416471280,"sku":"9781943035229","price":7.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943035229_p0.jpg?v=1763786224","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943035229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}