{"product_id":"beyond-the-ice-limit-9781455566136","title":"Beyond the Ice Limit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEYOND THE ICE LIMIT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThat thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth.\u003cbr\u003e Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking--along with its unique cargo--to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed.\u003cbr\u003e But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space.\u003cbr\u003e Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface--and it is growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon's expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the \"meteorite\" has a mind of its own--and it has no intention of going quietly...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrillers of \u003cb\u003eDouglas Preston\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLincoln Child\u003c\/b\u003e \"stand head and shoulders above their rivals\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Preston and Child's \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include \u003ci\u003eBloodless, The Scorpion's Tail, Crooked River, Old Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVerses for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as \u003ci\u003eFull Wolf Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeep Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly \"strangely entertaining note\" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their Facebook page, where they post regularly.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415522545938,"sku":"9781455566136","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7bc210f-a979-4309-9ae6-30713b06f3a4.jpg?v=1729404532","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-the-ice-limit-9781455566136","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}