{"product_id":"the-red-dome-j-d-hipp-9781517232641","title":"The Red Dome: Ghosts of the Helium Waste: Book 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Red Dome\u003cbr\u003e Ghosts of the Helium Waste: Book 2\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Elthi is publicly brutalized and branded 'the Wyrmkiller' - public enemy number one. She has no choice but to lay low.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut laying low means shifting the blame for Mine 89 onto her lover, Pella-Kat, and her husband, the crafty Robert Brack. Elthi, alongside a Dark Ops cell, attempts a rescue mission. Can Elthi protect those close to her even as she seeks to reclaim those taken?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePurchase a physical copy to receive a free Kindle copy! Preview Available at heliumwaste.wordpress.com\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Complex characters and relationships; an inventive setting with intellectually satisfying futuristic science. And Gabriel is hands-down the best AI ever.\" \u003cbr\u003e - RC Hipp, Author of 'Proper Magic' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My son tried to get me into 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' You're a lot like that.\" \u003cbr\u003e - A nice lady on a plane - big fan of Twilight. \u003cp\u003e The Saga of Elthi Brack the Wyrmkiller is an original tale of desperate rescues and pulp-fiction tech-based-terrors, but the cadence is Suzanne Collins' 'The Hunger Games\" in a blender with Harry Potter. The plot, inspired by my own experience of criminal vagrancy, moves briskly to a climactic end in every chapter. This book is 'cliffhanger-heavy.' \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is \u003cb\u003e First-Person Action Science-Fiction, \u003c\/b\u003e set in a fictional 28th century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In the future, mankind destroys the planet surface, and relocates onto floating continents in the sky. To complicate matters, before we leave the surface, we weaponize an atmospheric layer of whirling helium and metal. \u003cbr\u003e We call this layer the \u003cb\u003e Lightning Cloud\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Book 2 is available now (entitled \"The Red Dome\", and Book 3 will follow soon. Nine books are planned for the series, and they are listed as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ghosts of the Helium Waste Saga\u003cbr\u003e Book 1: The Vatican Wicked\u003cbr\u003e Book 2: The Red Dome\u003cbr\u003e Book 3: The Animus Strikes Back\u003cbr\u003e Book 4: Assault on New Roma\u003cbr\u003e Book 5: IndoChina Attacks!\u003cbr\u003e Book 6: Botfall\u003cbr\u003e Book 7: Hello World\u003cbr\u003e Book 8: Rise of the Sapiens\u003cbr\u003e Book 9: The Infinity Algorithm\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here's a meaningless percentage breakdown that nevertheless suggests the flavor of the overall work. Ghosts of the Helium Waste is... \u003cbr\u003e25% Suzanne Collins \u003cbr\u003e20% Douglas Adams \u003cbr\u003e15% JK Rowling \u003cbr\u003e10% JRR Tolkien \u003cbr\u003e8% Philip K Dick \u003cbr\u003e7% Heinlein \u003cbr\u003e5% Stanley Kubrick \u003cbr\u003e4% David Mamet \u003cbr\u003e3% George RR Martin \u003cbr\u003e2% Stephanie Meyer \u003cbr\u003e{100% JD Hipp} \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Elthi Brack will return.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. D. Hipp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517232643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517232641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d","brand":"J. D. Hipp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49163602624767,"sku":"9781517232641","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-red-dome-j-d-hipp-9781517232641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}