{"product_id":"claws-that-catch-9781439133132","title":"Claws That Catch","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst Time in Paperback. \u003cbr\u003eThe Sequel to \u003ci\u003eInto the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVorpal Blade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eManxome\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFoe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Not Over Til The Skinny Lady Sings .\u003c\/i\u003e . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Working off of a piece of intelligence from our alien allies, the \u003ci\u003eVorpal Blade\u003c\/i\u003e is dispatched to investigate rumors of an ancient and powerful civilization that may have been the creators of the \"black box\" that drives humanity's only space ship. Any remnant technology would be nice but what the \u003ci\u003eBlade\u003c\/i\u003e finds is much more than they bargained for. Worse, the ship is infested by an alien species of scorpion-like arachnoids that has the potential to wipe out a world. Worst of all, instead of being Astrogator, Captain William Weaver is now the XO and he is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e getting along with the new commander. And the new commander does not get along with Weaver, the ship's female savant-linguist or most of the rest of the original crew. And what \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e that weird noise the ship makes every time it's in hard maneuvers? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leave it to the oddball geniuses of the \u003ci\u003eBlade\u003c\/i\u003e to sort it all out. And the Dreen are \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003egoing to like the answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439133132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.72h x 4.94w x 1.12d","brand":"John Ringo,Travis S. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798382739637,"sku":"9781439133132","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aea208ce-bfdb-452b-9f46-c581c5de0af3.jpg?v=1758638400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/claws-that-catch-9781439133132","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}