"[In THE Ninth Metal ] debris from a comet drops a fabulously valuable new Metal on Northfall, MN., turning it into a bloody, brawling boomtown.
Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing." --Stephen King "Take one part dystopia, one part sci-fi, two parts apocalypse, then ride them roughshod through a bleak and bloody western, and it still wouldn\'t get close to what Ben Percy does here, which is blow open the core of humanity\'s dark heart." --Marlon James, Booker. "[In THE Ninth Metal ] debris from a comet drops a fabulously valuable new Metal on Northfall, MN., turning it into a bloody, brawling boomtown