{"product_id":"life-on-dirt-kevin-killiany-9798890251961","title":"Life on Dirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirt is for rebels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLife On Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e is jam-packed with indelible characters and lush prose that makes you think of such top-tier 'coming of age' tales as \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Beyond the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Testament of Jessie Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e, and the kind of tech-heavy and often biting first-person narrative that might make Andy Weir smile.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDayton Ward, NYT Bestselling Author, \"Star Trek: Headlong Flight\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixty years ago the United States Space Service was created and empowered to protect the potentially unlimited knowledge and wealth of space for the benefit of the whole of humankind. Guardians of fusion technology and everything above the atmosphere, the Space Service controls the flow of people, materiel, and information between Earth and the space stations, Luna, and Mars. Everyone in space is bound to the Space Service, and all spacers belong to the Service-mandated racial elite. The Space Service owns the stars-and it does not intend to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Mara Duval, born in space, was destined to be part of humanity's first mission to the moons of Jupiter, until a medical accident left her quarantined on dirt forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut dirt is not the blighted wasteland she'd been taught it was, and the Space Service is holding humanity's future hostage behind a wall of lies. Now Mara is fighting back by transmitting videos of the truth to friends in space, speaking out whenever she can, and sharing technology and secrets with her Dirt ally Jael Alden, a young visionary determined to break through the Space Service's racial barrier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe knows she doesn't have much time until the Space Service realizes what she's doing and stops her. But until they do, Mara's going to make the most of her life on dirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kevin Killiany's delightfully immersive writing sucks you right into the characters, their situation, their location, and their lives. A most compelling read.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeith R. A. DeCandido, Author of Novels in \"Star Trek,\" \"Supernatural,\" \"Sleepy Hollow,\" and More\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e the second book in this critically acclaimed, timely, young adult science fiction adventure that's sure to keep you riveted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Killiany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798890251961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Evolved Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Kevin Killiany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664375910655,"sku":"9798890251961","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-dirt-kevin-killiany-9798890251961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}