false 89186 7 2057. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclearpowered ship, the <i>Rockhopper</i>, push ice. They mine comets. But when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its natural orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach. <br><br> In accepting this mission she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny-for Janus has many surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome... 2622804 2005 Pushing Ice total:541|5:100|4:253|3:157|2:27|1:4| 541 2041 724 77 5 1 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 15:53:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 09:05:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 06:51:58 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:35:31 -0800 2009
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