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The People of the Crater by Andre Norton

The People of the Crater

Andre Norton

Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · March 10, 2016

Garin Featherstone is a pilot on an Antarctic expedition to investigate strange readings near the South Pole, when he is compelled to fly his plane down into a mysterious crater.

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Who it’s for
A pilot’s Antarctic mission turns into a perilous encounter with the unknown.
Genres
Alien Contact, Sci-Fi Adventure, Sci-Fi
Published
Start Publishing LLC, March 10, 2016

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About this book

Garin Featherstone is a pilot on an Antarctic expedition to investigate strange readings near the South Pole, when he is compelled to fly his plane down into a mysterious crater. There he finds an alien race and an ancient evil that he must face and destroy if he wants to leave the crater alive.

Into the Unknown

A pilot’s Antarctic mission turns into a perilous encounter with the unknown.

Come here for

  • Antarctic exploration with an alien-contact edge
  • A compact science-fiction adventure steeped in mystery

Expect

  • A mysterious crater and an ancient threat
  • High-stakes adventure in an isolated setting

Where it sits

Alien Contact47%
Sci-Fi Adventure47%
Sci-Fi27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Alien Contact
  • Sci-Fi
Authors
Andre Norton
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
March 10, 2016
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure