{"product_id":"crusade-9781988035949","title":"Crusade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA newborn Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, forged to stop the destroyers of worlds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA potential ally\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, with secrets hidden by a thousand lies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA long-doomed star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, whose ruins hold a vital answer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsaac Lestroud, Admiral of the Exilium Space Fleet, has spent the last three years working with Ambassador Amelie Lestroud to build an alliance against the Rogue Matrices, AIs bent on converting every world into a paradise--regardless of whether anyone lives on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Isaac hunts the Rogue that destroyed one of their allies' homeworlds, Amelie begins negotiations with a potential new ally that could tip the balance. The Governance is a power to rival the human homeworlds the Lestrouds were exiled from--but like those homeworlds, not all is as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd far from the war, Octavio Catalan leads an expedition into the shattered wreckage of the home system of the Matrices' builders. Among those dead worlds, he hopes to find the answer to the question that haunts the survivors of that race: why \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e their AIs go genocidally insane?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9169935\"\u003eGlynn Stewart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faolan's Pen Publishing Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988035949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988035945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028030\"\u003eScience Fiction | Space Opera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028050\"\u003eScience Fiction | Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028090\"\u003eScience Fiction | Alien Contact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faolan's Pen Publishing Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590486913261,"sku":"9781988035949","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0ceebf0c-2a3d-4749-b394-bbc0a4223851.jpg?v=1702259296","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/crusade-9781988035949","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}