{"product_id":"imperative-7-9781481482431","title":"Imperative, 7","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest-Selling\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAuthor Steve White, teams up with Compton Crook Award Winner Charles Gannon to carve another notch in the Starfire adventure saga.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWHAT HAPPENS WHEN ASSIMILATION FAILS? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The war with the Arduans--profoundly alien invaders who originally arrived in STL ships--is over. Most of those attackers are now probationary (and very productive) citizens of the Rim Federation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, many among the Arduans' warrior caste have accepted neither defeat nor the personhood of any of the other intelligence races. Their leader, the ruthless admiral of the second Arduan exodus-- Amunsit--is in firm control of the Zarzuela system. Along with a fifth column among the peaceable Arduans, she hopes to find allies in subsequent refugee fleets that abandoned their race's now-dead home system long ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as the victors' diplomats attempt to soothe tensions with these warlike neighbors, two heroes of the last war--veteran Admiral Ian Trevayne and young trouble-shooter Ossian Wethermere--suspect they have stumbled upon a deeper Arduan plot: one which could shatter the Pan-Sentient Union, and perhaps interstellar civilization itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eExtremis\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vivid. . .Battle sequences mingle with thought-provoking exegesis . . .\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Steve White and David Weber's \u003ci\u003eThe Shiva Option\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Leaves] the reader both exhilarated and enriched.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Steve White: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"White offers fast action and historically informed world-building.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Steve White's \u003ci\u003eForge of the Titans\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . recalls the best of the John Campbell era of SF. White's core audience of hard SF fans will be pleased . . .\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\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 04\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481482431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 4.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Steve White, Charles E. Gannon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608329941173,"sku":"9781481482431","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e505cd2b-d757-411e-b605-b4267d468d09.jpg?v=1725374225","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imperative-7-9781481482431","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}