MiNRS
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A boy and his friends must find a way to survive in the mining tunnels after their new space colony is attacked in this gritty action-adventure novel, which School Library Journal called “a solid survival story.”
In space. Underground. And out of time.
Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining’s Great Mission to save the earth. Dozens of families like Christopher’s have relocated, too, like his best friend Elena Rosales.
A communications blackout with Earth hits, and all of Perses is on its own for three months. It’s okay, though, because the colonists have prepared, stockpiling food and resources to survive. But they never prepared for an attack.
Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore. Now in a race against time, Christopher, along with a small group of survivors, are forced into the maze of mining tunnels. The kids run. They hide. But can they survive?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A depleted Earth’s hopes ride on a resource-rich planetoid called Perseus. There, dozens of miners are preparing to weather a two-month communication blackout when they’re attacked by “Landers,” thieves out to steal precious ore. Toronto-based writer/illustrator Kevin Sylvester’s uplifting and original young adult novel traps us deep underground with 12-year-old Christopher Nichols, who leads a band of terrified kids through subterranean mazes in search of a secret transmission device. MiNRS is a suspenseful, fast-paced adventure story where the young heroes rely as much on their ingenuity as on cool technology.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sylvester's (the Neil Flamb series) grim SF adventure is set on Perses, a large planetoid that wandered into the solar system. It posed a threat to Earth until it was maneuvered into a safe orbit by scientist Hans Melming, whose company now has exclusive rights to mine Perses for desperately needed metals, while terraforming its surface to support a colony. Christopher Nichols, the son of one of Melming's mining supervisors, is an enthusiastic supporter of Melming's "Great Mission," but just as Perses enters a month-long communications blackout due to solar interference, the colony is hit by a deadly attack by "Landers," out to steal the mine's ore. With casualties high on the surface, Christopher and a few other children escape deep within the mine. Scarred by PTSD, they attempt to survive the attack and make unsettling discoveries about Perses and the Great Mission. Brainy and somewhat na ve, Christopher makes for a solid, earnest narrator, and the other kids, especially his enthusiastic friend Elena, are similarly believable. An ominous and inconclusive ending points toward future books. Ages 8 12.
