{"product_id":"gates-of-mars-kathleen-mcfall-9781734519709","title":"Gates of Mars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIN THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE, HOW CAN A PERSON GO MISSING? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 2187, \u003cem\u003eGates of Mars\u003c\/em\u003e blends science-fiction with a classic, hard-boiled detective story. Crucial Larsen, 41, a veteran of the brutal Consolidation Wars, is working as a labor cop on Earth. The planet is a toxic dump and billions of people are miserable, but he doesn't care. Not his business. It took him a long time to get to the good life, or a good enough life. But then Essential, his beloved kid sister, wins the Mars labor lottery. After only a week on the red planet, she disappears. When Halo--the all-powerful artificial-intelligence overseeing Earth and Mars on behalf of the ruling Five Families--can't (or won't) locate his sister, Crucial races up-universe to find her. In the Choke, the frigid, airless expanse outside the luxury Martian domes, Crucial uncovers a deadly secret from Essential's past that threatens to shatter his apathetic existence ... and both planets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is told from the perspective of Crucial Larsen, a battle-weary, caustic, gritty mess. In addition to looking for his kid sister, his trip up-universe will force him to see the one woman he can't ever seem to get over. She's a revered scientist who is genetically recreating, among other creatures, giraffes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen McFall, Clark Hays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734519703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734519709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pumpjack Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020","brand":"Kathleen McFall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993745850623,"sku":"9781734519709","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f321e2ee-8ae7-4143-a037-e1c6890c5e67.jpg?v=1683326074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gates-of-mars-kathleen-mcfall-9781734519709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}