{"product_id":"cobra-slave-9781476736532","title":"Cobra Slave","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e#1 best-selling author \u003cb\u003eTimothy Zahn\u003c\/b\u003e continues his Cobra SF adventure series with the latest entry in a new Cobra saga, \u003ci\u003eCobra Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCobra warriors: technologically enhanced and implanted with an arsenal of covert weaponry fight against alien foes and evil humans.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBook One of the Cobra Rebellion Saga, and a new entry in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e#1 best seller Timothy Zahn's legendary Cobra series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cobras: technologically-enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. At the center of action on Cobra world Aventine: the legendary Moreau clan. In times of war, the Cobras are necessary, yet in times of peace they are often reviled by those they have saved. Now the Cobras have resisted a second invasion of the alien Troft forces, and forced the Troft to a stalemate -- and even converted some thoughtful Troft into uneasy allies against their kin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet all is not well in the human sector of the galaxy. A supposed sister empire, the Dominion of Man, threatens the Cobra worlds with what is, in effect, enslavement, as it moves to consolidate power over all the Cobra worlds. The plan on Aventine: to extort from the Moreau family the location of the home planet of a mysterious human ally that may be more powerful than the Dominion: the Qasaman empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, Cobra Merrick Moreau is on a secret mission of his own to a world of humans enslaved by Troft masters. It is a world of barbaric cruelty where every human is slave chattel to Troft gamblers. There the Troft force whole villages, even children, into life and death struggles served up for Troft entertainment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the totalitarian Dominion of Man and the Troft game-masters are in for a rude surprise: Cobras are not merely technological marvels. They are far more. For within each Cobra, bred by close family ties and hard testing in battle, there beats the heart of a warrior and the burning conviction that a Cobra will be slave to no one. Rebellion is at hand, and once again, Cobras lead the fight for freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Timothy Zahn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining excitement.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Y]ou can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick, entertaining sci-fi novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eBlogcritics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eConqueror's Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e] is another finely wrought space adventure . . . [with] social, political and emotional complications, all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Zahn paints every detail [in \u003ci\u003eAngelmass\u003c\/i\u003e] with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476736532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 4.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Timothy Zahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448976638133,"sku":"9781476736532","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_962c1cd9-52a1-4328-a111-9dea085a30f0.jpg?v=1704215444","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cobra-slave-9781476736532","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}