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Ninth City Burning

By J. Patrick Black

By J. Patrick Black

By J. Patrick Black

By J. Patrick Black

By J. Patrick Black
Read by Suzanne Elise Freeman, Lincoln Hoppe, Ryan Gesell, Johnathan McClain, Mike Chamberlain, Susan Hanfield and Ariadne Meyers

By J. Patrick Black
Read by Suzanne Elise Freeman, Lincoln Hoppe, Ryan Gesell, Johnathan McClain, Mike Chamberlain, Susan Hanfield and Ariadne Meyers

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Jun 06, 2017 | ISBN 9781101991466

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Sep 06, 2016 | ISBN 9781101991459

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    About Ninth City Burning

    For fans of Ender’s Game, Red Rising, and The Hunger Games comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut…

    Cities vanished, gone in flashes of world-shattering destruction. An alien race had come to make Earth theirs, bringing a power so far beyond human technology it seemed like magic. It was nearly the end of the world—until we learned to seize the power, and use it to fight back.
     
    The war has raged for five centuries. For a cadet like Jax, one of the few who can harness the enemy’s universe-altering force, that means growing up in an elite military academy, training for battle at the front—and hoping he is ready. For Naomi, young nomad roaming the wilds of a ruined Earth, it means a daily fight for survival against the savage raiders who threaten her caravan.
     
    When a new attack looms, these two fledging warriors find their paths suddenly intertwined. Together with a gifted but reckless military commander, a factory worker drafted as cannon fodder, a wild and beautiful gunfighter, and a brilliant scientist with nothing to lose—they must find a way to turn back the coming invasion, or see their home finally and completely destroyed.

    About Ninth City Burning

    For fans of Ender’s Game, Red Rising, and The Hunger Games comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut…

    Cities vanished, gone in flashes of world-shattering destruction. An alien race had come to make Earth theirs, bringing a power so far beyond human technology it seemed like magic. It was nearly the end of the world—until we learned to seize the power, and use it to fight back.
     
    The war has raged for five centuries. For a cadet like Jax, one of the few who can harness the enemy’s universe-altering force, that means growing up in an elite military academy, training for battle at the front—and hoping he is ready. For Naomi, young nomad roaming the wilds of a ruined Earth, it means a daily fight for survival against the savage raiders who threaten her caravan.
     
    When a new attack looms, these two young warriors find their paths suddenly intertwined. Together with a gifted but reckless military commander, a factory worker drafted as cannon fodder, a wild and beautiful gunfighter, and a brilliant scientist with nothing to lose—they must find a way to turn back the coming invasion, or see their home finally and completely destroyed.

    About Ninth City Burning

    For fans of Red Rising, Starship Troopers, and Ender’s Game comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut…

    We never saw them coming. 

    Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it—until we discovered we could wield the power too.

    Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition. The talented few capable of bending thelemity to their will are trained in elite military academies, destined for the front lines. Those who refused to support the war have been exiled to the wilds of a ruined Earth.

    But the enemy’s tactics are changing, and Earth’s defenders are about to discover this centuries-old war has only just begun. As a terrible new onslaught looms, heroes will rise from unlikely quarters, and fight back.

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    About J. Patrick Black

    J. Patrick Black has worked as a bartender, a small-town lawyer, a home builder, and a costumed theme-park character, all while living a secret double life as a fiction writer. While fiction is now his profession, he still finds occasion… More about J. Patrick Black

    About J. Patrick Black

    J. Patrick Black has worked as a bartender, a small-town lawyer, a home builder, and a costumed theme-park character, all while living a secret double life as a fiction writer. While fiction is now his profession, he still finds occasion… More about J. Patrick Black

    About J. Patrick Black

    J. Patrick Black has worked as a bartender, a small-town lawyer, a home builder, and a costumed theme-park character, all while living a secret double life as a fiction writer. While fiction is now his profession, he still finds occasion… More about J. Patrick Black

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Ace
    Jun 06, 2017 | 544 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781101991466

    Category: Science Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Ace
    Sep 06, 2016 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9781101991459

    Category: Science Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 06, 2016 | 1285 Minutes | ISBN 9780735209275

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    Praise for Ninth City Burning
     
    “Grabbed my attention from the first page—fresh and un-put-downable. An intriguing cocktail of science fiction, fantasy, and military adventure stirred into something new and satisfying.”—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fire Touched
     
    “A finely crafted and original science-fantasy epic full of wonder and spectacle. Highly recommended.”—Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Waking Fire
     
    “Ninth City Burning is simultaneously an epic fantasy, a science fiction adventure, a coming of age story, and a delight.” —Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Magic for Nothing
     
    “Fans of Ender, Harry Potter, Starship Troopers, and manga-style armored mobile suits will find Black’s debut the perfect ticket to a fantastic new world…This thrilling kickoff to an action-packed series will appeal to those who enjoy science fiction mixed with fantasy.” –Booklist
     
    “Black is a fresh new voice who pays respect to the classics of SF in this enjoyable adventure debut…Given this strong foundation, readers can expect more thrilling adventures from this new author.”—Publishers Weekly
     
    “Ninth City Burning is an intense, complex, engrossing story, a tale of multiple lives intersecting… Fans of both fantasy and science-fiction will want to keep an eye out for the next, and the next… “—Jean Johnson, national bestselling author of The Terrans

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