{"product_id":"summers-end-9781982192297","title":"Summer's End","description":"\u003cb\u003eSOMETIMES A DARK PAST CAN HAUNT YOU. OTHER TIMES, IT JUST MAY BE THE ONLY THING KEEPING YOU ALIVE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFresh out of college with his Ship Engineer 3rd-Class certificate, Dave Walker's only thought is to try to find a berth on a corporate ship plying the trade routes between the many habs, orbitals, and moons in the Solar System. The problem for Dave, however, isn't his straight C average. It's that his stepfather, a powerful Earth Senator he's never met, wants him dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forced to take the first berth he can find, Dave ends up on the \u003ci\u003eIowa Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, an old tramp freighter running with a minimal crew and nearing the end of its useful life, plying the routes that the corporations ignore and visiting the kinds of places that the folks on Earth pretend don't exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between the assassins, the criminals, and the pirates he needs to deal with, Dave is discovering that there are a lot of things out there that he still needs to learn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there's one hard lesson he learned long ago that he's being forced to remember: how to be ruthless.\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 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982192297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Van Stry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439272366261,"sku":"9781982192297","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2c0263f0-245c-4ee6-accd-09908366f037.jpg?v=1665461475","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/summers-end-9781982192297","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}