{"product_id":"to-challenge-heaven-9781250907394","title":"To Challenge Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a universe teeming with predators, humanity needs friends. And fast.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe took the technology they left behind, and rapidly built ourselves into a starfaring civilization. Because we haven't got a moment to lose. Because it's clear that there are even more powerful, more hostile aliens out there, and Earth needs allies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... \u003ci\u003ewasn't\u003c\/i\u003e an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting cats-paw for the Founders, the ancient alliance of very old, very evil aliens who run the Hegemony that dominates our galaxy, and who hold the Shongairi, as they hold most non-Founder species, in not-so-benign contempt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndeed, it may turn out to be possible to turn the Shongairi into \u003ci\u003eour\u003c\/i\u003e allies against the Hegemony. There's just the small matter of the Shongairi honor code, which makes \u003ci\u003ebushido\u003c\/i\u003e look like a child's game. We might be able to make them our friends -- \u003ci\u003eif \u003c\/i\u003ewe can crush their planetary defenses in the greatest battle we, or they, have ever seen...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250907394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Weber, Chris Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291164967093,"sku":"9781250907394","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ee058117-e770-4bf1-9aa2-0ab696e0f271.jpg?v=1700541202","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-challenge-heaven-9781250907394","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}