{"product_id":"the-arcadian-incident-9781785633485","title":"The Arcadian Incident","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook 1 in the Mars Alone Trilogy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 2312 and Leo Fischer is a fifteen-year-old computer whizz on his first ever journey off Earth. He's heading to the moon colony to help his mother Lillian with her scientific work. But before he can reach her, she is kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetermined to find and rescue her, Leo has no choice but to accept the help of his newest friend, Skater Monroe, the daughter of a shuttle pilot and already an experienced space traveller. Their investigation leads them to an old freighter captain with a strange story about two spaceships: one a long-lost piece of junk called the Arcadian; the other, a sleek, ultra-modern ship of mysterious origin. Both craft are involved in some kind of cover-up, and Leo and Skater become convinced the conspirators are the same people who kidnapped Leo's mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDodging space pirates as well as a ruthless assassin in the pay of the soon-to-be president of Mars, they stumble upon a secret that could lead to all-out war in the solar system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first instalment of Andrew Stickland's \u003ci\u003eMars Alone Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a gravity-defying thrill-ride into the human race's all-too-believable future in space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lightning Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785633485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs","brand":"Stickland Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040327237813,"sku":"9781785633485","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5b127d2e-1559-4b98-b119-25ee4dfeffed.jpg?v=1689089588","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-arcadian-incident-9781785633485","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}