{"product_id":"ilium-9780380817924","title":"Ilium","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars -- observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family -- and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth -- as four sentient machines depart from Jovian space to investigate, perhaps terminate, the potentially catastrophic emissions emanating from a mountaintop miles above the terraformed surface of the Red Planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimmons, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDan Simmons is the Hugo Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eHyperion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of Hyperion\u003c\/em\u003e, and their sequels, \u003cem\u003eEndymion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of Endymion\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written the critically acclaimed suspense novels \u003cem\u003eDarwin's Blade\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Crook Factory\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as other highly respected works, including \u003cem\u003eSummer of Night\u003c\/em\u003e and its sequel \u003cem\u003eA Winter Haunting, Song of Kali, Carrion Comfort, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWorlds Enough \u0026amp; Time\u003c\/em\u003e. Simmons makes his home in Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperTorch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612649656594,"sku":"9780380817924","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32063504-8a02-45a7-9d22-c187b07c8437.jpg?v=1732376421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ilium-9780380817924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}