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Nyxia
Nyxia
Author:
Reintgen, Scott
ISBN 13:
9781524771003
Price:
USD $11.00
Publication Year:
2017

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Penguin Random House.

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Book Description

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit--he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family. Forever.

Aboard the ship, Emmett quickly discovers that all 10 candidates have at least one thing in common: they are broken things. Broken enough that Babel holds all the cards and can remold them any way they please.

Babel's goal becomes even more clear when Emmett discovers that the promised millions aren't a guarantee. Each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden. There, Babel will use them to mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.

Every training session is measured, every point matters, and Emmett will do anything to win.

But Babel's ship is full of secrets. Secrets about the volatile substance they're hoping to mine, about the reclusive humanoids already living on Eden, and about Babel's true intentions for the teens in their competition. Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the millions at any cost or find a way to fight that won't forever compromise what it means to be human.