{"product_id":"zodiac-station-a-novel-isbn-9780062371300","title":"Zodiac Station: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton—an eerie, evocative thriller set in the unforgiving Arctic from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Orpheus Descent\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep in the Arctic, the US Coast Guard icebreaker \u003cem\u003eTerra Nova\u003c\/em\u003e batters its way through the frozen sea. A gaunt figure skis out of the fog on the pack ice. He says his name is Thomas Anderson, and that he’s the lone survivors of a terrible accident at the research outpost Zodiac Station, located on the ice-bound island of Utgard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen days earlier, he’d arrived at Zodiac Station looking to resurrect a career destroyed by scientific scandal. But things quickly went wrong when the man who hired him, brilliant biochemist Martin Hagger, turned up dead, at the bottom of a crevasse. The base commander insisted he fell. But footprints in the snow told a much different story. As Anderson tells a tale of sabotage, suspicion, and paranoia, the mystery only deepens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen other survivors are discovered and their stories cast doubt on Anderson’s reliability, it seems the grim fate of the scientists at Zodiac Station may involve human greed, jealousy, oil company trickery, Russian espionage, genetic experimentation, and global warming. But the truth is something no one on the \u003cem\u003eTerra Nova \u003c\/em\u003ecould have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fast-paced, gripping thriller that marries science and adventure, \u003cem\u003eZodiac Station\u003c\/em\u003e is as chilling and unpredictable as the fierce Arctic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eDeep in the Arctic, the US Coast Guard icebreaker \u003cem\u003eTerra Nova\u003c\/em\u003e batters its way through the frozen sea. A gaunt figure skis out of the fog on the pack ice. He says his name is Thomas Anderson, and that he's the lone survivor of a terrible accident at the research outpost Zodiac Station, located on the ice-bound island of Utgard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen days earlier: Tom Anderson arrives at Zodiac Station looking to resurrect a career destroyed by scientific scandal. But things quickly go wrong when the man who hired him, brilliant biochemist Martin Hagger, turns up dead at the bottom of a crevasse. The base commander insists he fell. But footprints in the snow suggest a different possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Anderson tells his tale of sabotage, suspicion, and paranoia, the mystery only deepens. Then other survivors are discovered—adding their stories of human greed, jealousy, oil company trickery, Russian espionage, and global warming. But the truth is something no one on the Terra Nova could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fast-paced, gripping thriller that marries science and adventure, \u003cem\u003eZodiac Station\u003c\/em\u003e is as chilling and unpredictable as the fierce Arctic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“If anyone deserves the sobriquet of the thinking person’s Dan Brown, it’s Tom Harper. \u003ci\u003eZodiac Station\u003c\/i\u003e handles with élan a multi-perspective story in which the eponymous Arctic station becomes a metaphor for multinational distrust.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harper is a master storyteller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harper brilliantly uses a framing device straight out of Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e in crafting an utterly compelling, sophisticated page-turner set in the Arctic. . . . A stunning payoff.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An energetic, imaginative, and labyrinthine thriller. . . . With nods to some classic horror\/SF stories (\u003ci\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e, among others), the novel is full of twists and turns; it starts out as a murder mystery and winds up an SF thriller, with stops along the way for Cold  War intrigue and political conspiracy. Great fun for genre-blend lovers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An energetic, imaginative, and labyrinthine thriller. . . . The novel is full of twists and turns; it starts out as a murder mystery and winds up an SF thriller, with stops along the way for Cold  War intrigue and political conspiracy. Great fun for genre-blend lovers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888276173029,"sku":"NP9780062371300","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062371300.jpg?v=1730228702","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/zodiac-station-a-novel-isbn-9780062371300","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}