{"product_id":"book-i2lw","title":"Gold Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBORN TO RUN; BORN TO FIGHT, A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED LOVERS COMPETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMPETITORS IN THE INTERSTELLAR OLYMPICS MUST OVERCOME POVERTY AND INTRIGUE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThree interstellar civilizations vie for honors in the Olympics, including the Skolian Imperialate. The thriving, populous worlds of humanity have always dominated the Games. The team from Raylicon, a dying world of scorching temperatures, has never won honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIS CHANGE COMING?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eMason, the coach for the Raylicon track and field team, makes a startling discovery: The Undercity, an ancient culture hidden in ruins beneath the desert, carries a secret. In a place where crushing poverty exists alongside a culture of dramatic beauty, a group of spectacular runners has existed for centuries, even millennia, unknown to the outside universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThe Dust Knights are the best of those marvels. With the help of Major Bhajaan, an Undercity native, he recruits the Knights. And so change sweeps their world. The Undercity faces a civilization they've never trusted, one that sees them as barely even human. Now, they must all learn to work together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE KYLE UNIVERSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eSkolia needs the Undercity to trust them-for hidden within its enigmatic population is one of humanity's greatest resources. Their inbred population has created a large concentration of Kyle operators, an otherwise almost extinct group of humans. Kyles can do more than run; only they have the neurological makeup needed to utilize a vital technology, one that gives Skolian its sole advantage over their conquering enemies. The army wants the Kyles to work for them, but after centuries of being despised and left to die by the rest of humanity, the Undercity wants nothing to do with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eUntil Angel, one of the top runners among the Knights, joins the Kyle Corps-and dives into a world of neurological marvels, including star-spanning networks that access a dimension with dramatically different laws than our space-time universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER AS THE DUST KNIGHTS COMPETE FOR THEIR WORLD-AND THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50171607515440,"sku":"BDi2lw","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i2lw-cover.jpg?v=1763747187","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i2lw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}