{"product_id":"threading-the-needle-9781982193089","title":"Threading the Needle","description":"A NEW START--OR AN OLD CALLING? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Talia Merritt, a former military sniper once known as Death's Handmaiden, is a woman haunted by her past. Her cybernetic arm and her phantom--the implant that allows her to control it--serve as a constant reminder of what she's lost. But Talia is hoping to leave her past and her reputation behind and start anew on the colony world of Goruden, a hardscrabble planet of frontier-minded people seeking a better life. And she's finally earned enough to start to make that dream come true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the bucolic town of Tsuri, she interviews for a job as a marksmanship instructor for local bigwig Signore Ferran Contesti. But Contesi is not what he seems. A recent arrival on Goruden, he hopes to mold the colony world in his own image--an image at odds with the unencumbered life free of government and corporate meddling that Talia has come to find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon, Talia finds herself thrust into the start of another conflict. Talia desperately wants to stay out of it, but she may not have that luxury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the fate of a planet and her own peace of mind hanging in the balance, Talia must decide whether or not to once again take up the mantle of Death's Handmaiden.\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\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982193089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Monalisa Foster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166170087605,"sku":"9781982193089","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f766eaf9-f66c-4943-9c5d-031221a8ee23.jpg?v=1696921815","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/threading-the-needle-9781982193089","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}