{"product_id":"to-crush-the-moon-9781982192006","title":"To Crush the Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING QUEENDOM OF SOL SERIES, AN EPIC OF A WILD VISIONARY FUTURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce the Queendom of Sol was a glowing monument to humankind's loftiest dreams. Ageless and immortal, its citizens lived in peaceful splendor. But as Sol buckled under the swell of an \"immorbid\" population, space itself literally ran out. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conrad Mursk has returned to Sol on the crippled starship \u003ci\u003eNewhope\u003c\/i\u003e. His crew are the frozen refugees of a failed colony at Barnard's Star. A thousand years older, Mursk finds Sol on the brink of rebellion, while a fanatic necro cult is reviving death itself. Now Mursk and his lover, Captain Xiomara \"Xmary\" Li Weng, are sent on a final, desperate mission by King Bruno de Towaji--one of the greatest terraformers of the ages--to literally crush the moon. If they succeed, they'll save billions of lost souls. If they fail, they'll strand humanity between death and something unimaginably worse. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Wil McCarthy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McCarthy is an entertaining, intelligent, amusing writer, with Heinlein's knack for breakneck plotting and, at the same time, Clarke's thoughtfulness.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"'Imagination really is the only limit.'\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The future as McCarthy sees it is a wondrous place.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A bright light on the SF horizon.\"--David Brin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wil McCarthy demonstrates that he has a sharp intelligence, a galaxy-spanning imagination, and the solid scientific background to make it all work.\"--Connie Willis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In nearly every passage, we get another slice of the science of McCarthy's construction, and a deeper sense of danger and foreboding . . . McCarthy develops considerable tension.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An ingenious yarn with challenging ideas, well-handled technical details, and plenty of twists and turns.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\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 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982192006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464","brand":"Wil McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095597060277,"sku":"9781982192006","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3be39e12-c047-4101-b770-1616cdbb821a.jpg?v=1651587953","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-crush-the-moon-9781982192006","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}