{"product_id":"icefall-the-rise-of-the-nine-9798895656891","title":"Icefall: The Rise of the Nine","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Dynamic characters headline this exhilarating fusion of action and alien horror.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA team of superbeings are all that stands between Earth and total annihilation at the hands of a predatory alien species.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn alien ship crashed into Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier 150,000 years ago and froze within the ice...until glacial melting thawed out its deadly inhabitants in the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKai and Jules Bevins, both professors of astrobiology at Caltech, are roused from their home and whisked away to the site where a special division of the army has taken charge. But not before something escaped through a breach in the hull. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, a pair of Alaska state troopers locate a missing Amazon driver fifteen miles away on the Juneau Icefield and trace his movements to a nearby village with a population of less than fifty. Arriving in town, they are greeted by the bodies of villagers who were killed in an impossible, horrific way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThousands of miles away, under a remote archaeological find in Pakistan, the Nine--a team of superbeings placed on Earth a million years ago by intergalactic colonizers that seeded our planet to create human life--are lifted from their long slumber. The kind of threat they've been waiting for has finally come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Nine find unexpected allies culled from the ancient history of their home world in the form of a teenage boy and godlike entity. All this leads to a confrontation on a volcanic island that will determine the fate of civilization, even as the Nine uncover the shattering truth behind their own tragic paths and learn of a much greater battle to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill they be enough to stem the apocalyptic menace threatening all of mankind?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Newman,Jon Land\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Permuted Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895656891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Newman is an entrepreneur and storyteller whose fascination with science, technology, and the human spirit drives his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eIcefall\u003c\/i\u003e. Written in collaboration with bestselling author Jon Land, \u003ci\u003eIcefall\u003c\/i\u003e launches an epic science-fiction thriller series exploring humanity's connection to forces beyond comprehension and the cost of survival in an age of awakening. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lifelong creator of companies and ideas, Newman brings the precision of a strategist and the imagination of a world-builder to his writing. He lives in Northern California with his family, dividing his time between new ventures and the worlds he creates on the page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e www.michaelnewmanauthor.com @mnewmanauthor on X, Instagram, and TikTok \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJon Land is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, award-winning author of nearly seventy books, including the critically acclaimed, award-winning \u003ci\u003eCaitlin Strong Texas Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e series. He has also teamed up with Heather Graham for the science fiction series \u003ci\u003eThe Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Moon, \u003c\/i\u003eand the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eDark Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e. In recent years, Jon has transitioned further into the collaborative writing space. Among other titles, he penned the bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhite Robes and Broken Badges\u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2025 Andy Award for Narrative Nonfiction--the highest honor a collaborative title can receive. 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