{"product_id":"harbinger-of-darkness-a-first-contact-space-opera-thriller","title":"Harbinger of Darkness: A First Contact Space Opera Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eWhen an ancient alien threat demands surrender, humanity's only hope rests with an unarmed survey ship, a fractured crew, and a commander running from her past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFormer Earth Navy Commander Arenna Estanova wanted routine. After years of war, leading an asteroid mining crew aboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: italic\u003eThe Outlier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e was supposed to be quiet work in the dark corners of the Belt.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhen her team cuts into an unregistered tunnel deep within a drifting rock, they awaken something that perceives time itself. It doesn't just attack; it predicts every move, tactic, and desperate gambit before Arenna can even make it. When a rescue mission uncovers a missing Martian scout infected by a terrifying cosmic intelligence, the message is clear: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eSurrender or be erased.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTrapped between old Earth-Mars rivalries, rogue Belt pirates, and an enemy that already knows how humanity dies, Arenna must unite a distrustful crew to carry a warning across the solar system. Because in a war against a predator that can see the future, conventional tactics are useless—and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: italic\u003ethe first mistake will be humanity's last\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monocle Books","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67412492353840,"sku":"9798990748460","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/harbinger-of-darkness-a-first-contact-space-opera-thriller","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}