{"product_id":"the-color-of-houm-sean-clark-9798747448902","title":"The Color of Houm: Book 1: Seeing Red","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA sci-fi drama of mass proportions; a secluded planetary system, indigenous integrity versus corporate interest, seen from the eyes of those on both sides of an escalating conflict. Book One in \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Houm\u003c\/em\u003e series: Seeing Red.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Veema Binnek lost her elder sister in the accident, her world came tumbling down. The interstellar Nest Corporation seemed to be the source of all her troubles. The Corporation employed her father, her departed sister, and furthermore ran just about everything on the moon and the neighboring planet. The Corporation, in fact, had been there in the Saku system long before her birth.\u003cbr\u003eThe planet, Houm, and its moon, Kaydal, had remained nearly completely isolated for over a century while the original Vat settlers put down roots. The red planet had given birth to organic life as a result of ancient volcanic activity, but when Mount Triste erupted again, it threatened to destroy all that the Vat people had worked for.\u003cbr\u003eNot long after the first eruptions came the spacecraft of the Nest Corporation. The affluent strangers promised to work with the Vat people and help them rebuild. In exchange, Nest would have access to a valuable yet untapped resource in the planet's crust, a mineral called Houmite. The Vat people agreed. Over the next few decades, the Corporation's infrastructure grew, but so did the unrest among insular groups of Vat natives who felt as if Nest's exploitation of the natural resource was a violation of their hallowed and life-giving homeland.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Veema came across a fellow Vat native, a young man touting the so-called truth about the deadly accident, it felt as her defiance was the perfect release for her frustration against the Corporation that had caused her so much anguish. As the reality of her and the Corporation's actions dawn upon her, though, Veema finds herself in a tug-of-war to turn things right again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798747448902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Sean Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089318621439,"sku":"9798747448902","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee392a16-50e4-4eca-8dd6-ede13830e38b.jpg?v=1769109520","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-color-of-houm-sean-clark-9798747448902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}