{"product_id":"massif-hardcover-by-garth-nix","title":"Massif (hardcover) by Garth Nix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller and master of speculative fiction Garth Nix comes his first foray into adult science fiction with a brilliant and poignant stand-alone story of sentient starships, galactic warfare, and the bonds a crew forms far, far from Earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCaught me a mountain\u003cbr\u003eRode it to the stars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s business as usual for Ship Leader Parnell Shi-Sawahla and the crew of the corvette \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSassafras.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ride a Massif to a new system, fight the enemy, repeat. For more than two hundred years humans have been hitching rides on these sentient, starfaring mountain ranges, colonizing planets and exporting an on and off again war between Earth and Mars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the big questions are always there, behind every battle, every new colony, every new star system discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy do the Massifs carry humans to the stars?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy do they help us export our wars?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat’s in it for the Massifs?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShip crews aren’t supposed to ask these questions, they aren’t supposed to think about these questions, and they definitely aren’t supposed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ego deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and talk to Massif avatars. But now Parnell and his tight-knit crew must try to find the answers, to save not only themselves but the future of humanity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48692398326001,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/81vTSfyw80L._SL1500.jpg?v=1788633768","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/massif-hardcover-by-garth-nix","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}