{"product_id":"trial-by-fire-9781476736648","title":"Trial by Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eNEBULA AWARD FINALIST and sequel to national bestseller, Nebula Award finalist, and Compton Crook Award winner \u003ci\u003eFire with Fire. \u003c\/i\u003eScience fiction adventure on a grand scale.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative Caine Riordan returns from humanity's first encounter with alien races, sudden war clouds burst. With Earth's fleet shattered by a sneak attack and its survivors fighting for their lives, Caine must rely upon both his first contact and weaponry skills to contend with the non-humanoid enemy. And when the technologically-superior attackers sweep aside the solar system's last defenses, and traitorous corporations invite the invaders to land 'security forces, ' humanity fights back with its best weapons: cunning, inventiveness, and guts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as Earth hurtles towards a final trial by fire that is certain to scar its collective memory, Caine discovers that there may also be large and disturbing gaps in that memory. Clues point to a much earlier inter-species apocalypse, buried in humanity's own prehistory. Which raises a terrifying possibility: what if the aliens' invasion of Earth is not one of conquest, but preemption? And what if their harrowing memories of a long-past cataclysmic war makes them willing to do anything to keep it from reigniting? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even if that means exterminating the human race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A\u003cb\u003ebout \u003ci\u003eTrial by Fire\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Gannon's whiz-bang second Tales of the Terran Republic interstellar adventure delivers on the promise of the first (\u003ci\u003eFire with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e). . . . The charm of Caines harrowing adventure lies in Gannons attention to detail, which keeps the layers of political intrigue and military action from getting too dense. The dozens of key characters, multiple theaters of operations, and various alien cultures all receive the appropriate amount of attention. The satisfying resolution is enhanced by the promise of more excitement to come in this fascinating far-future universe.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" . . . offers the type of hard science-fiction those familiar with the John Campbell era of \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e Science Fiction will remember.Gannon throws his readers into an action-packed adventure. A sequel to\u003ci\u003e Fire With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, it is a nonstop tale filled with military science-fiction action.\" --\u003ci\u003eDaily News of Galveston County\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] white-knuckle adventure . . . with real stakes, and sets up the next challenge for the newly named Terran Republic. Gannon is making it easy for me to meet my goal of reading more military SF this year.\"--\u003ci\u003eFantasy Literature Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Compton Crook award winner for best first novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFire with Fire: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Chuck Gannon is one of those marvelous finds--someone as comfortable with characters as he is with technology, and equally adept at providing those characters with problems to solve. Imaginative, fun, and not afraid to step on the occasional toe or gore the occasional sacred cow, his stories do not disappoint.\"--\u003cb\u003eDavid Weber \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If we meet strong aliens out there, will we suffer the fate of the Aztecs and Incas, or find the agility to survive? Gannon fizzes with ideas about the dangerous politics of first contact.\"--\u003cb\u003eDavid Brin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The plot is intriguing and then some. Well-developed and self-consistent; intelligent readers are going to like it.\"--\u003cb\u003eJerry Pournelle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[T]he intersecting plot threads, action and well-conceived science kept those pages turning.\"--\u003ci\u003eSF Crowsnest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Starfire series hit, \u003ci\u003eExtremis\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored by Charles E. Gannon: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vivid. . . Battle sequences mingle with thought-provoking exegesis . . .\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's a grand, fun series of battles and campaigns, worthy of anything Dale Brown or Larry Bond ever wrote.\" -\u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Charles E. Gannon: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] strong [writer of] . . . military SF. . .[much] action going on in his work, with a lot of physics behind it. There is a real sense of the urgency of war and the sacrifices it demands.\" -\u003ci\u003eLocus\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 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476736648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Nebula Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles E. 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