{"product_id":"2940012343659","title":"The Misplaced Battleship - Unabridged (Formatted \u0026 Optimized for Nook)","description":"The e-text was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is fully indexed, making it easier to access every chapter of the book.  Within seconds, you'll be able to read any part of the book that you want! It's been formatted for the Nook to allow you the best reading experience.\u003cbr\u003e------\u003cbr\u003eAn Excerpt from the book-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to picking locks and cracking safes I admit to no master.\u003cbr\u003eThe door to Inskipp's private quarters had an old-fashioned tumbler drum\u003cbr\u003ethat was easier to pick than my teeth. I must have gone through that\u003cbr\u003edoor without breaking step. Quiet as I was though, Inskipp still heard\u003cbr\u003eme. The light came on and there he was sitting up in bed pointing a .75\u003cbr\u003ecaliber recoilless at my sternum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You should have more brains than that, diGriz,\" he snarled. \"Creeping\u003cbr\u003einto my room at night! You could have been shot.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No I couldn't,\" I told him, as he stowed the cannon back under his\u003cbr\u003epillow. \"A man with a curiosity bump as big as yours will always talk\u003cbr\u003efirst and shoot later. And besides--none of this pussyfooting around in\u003cbr\u003ethe dark would be necessary if your screen was open and I could have got\u003cbr\u003ea call through.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInskipp yawned and poured himself a glass of water from the dispenser\u003cbr\u003eunit above the bed. \"Just because I head the Special Corps, doesn't\u003cbr\u003emean that I _am_ the Special Corps,\" he said moistly while he drained\u003cbr\u003ethe glass. \"I have to sleep sometime. My screen is open only for\u003cbr\u003eemergency calls, not for every agent who needs his hand held.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meaning I am in the hand-holding category?\" I asked with as much\u003cbr\u003esweetness as I could.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Put yourself in any category you please,\" he grumbled as he slumped\u003cbr\u003edown in the bed. \"And also put yourself out into the hall and see me\u003cbr\u003etomorrow during working hours.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was at my mercy, really. He wanted sleep so much. And he was going to\u003cbr\u003ebe wide awake so very soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Do you know what this is?\" I asked him, poking a large glossy pic under\u003cbr\u003ehis long broken nose. One eye opened slowly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Big warship of some kind, looks like Empire lines. Now for the last\u003cbr\u003etime--go away!\" he said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very good guess for this late at night,\" I told him cheerily. \"It is\u003cbr\u003ea late Empire battleship of the Warlord class. Undoubtedly one of the\u003cbr\u003emost truly efficient engines of destruction ever manufactured. Over a\u003cbr\u003ehalf mile of defensive screens and armament, that could probably turn\u003cbr\u003eany fleet existent today into fine radioactive ash--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Except for the fact that the last one was broken up for scrap over a\u003cbr\u003ethousand years ago,\" he mumbled.","brand":"Classic Century Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145332211952,"sku":"2940012343659","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012343659_p0.jpg?v=1763567724","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012343659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}