{"product_id":"2940016166018","title":"Primary Inversion","description":"- A tale of the Ruby Dynasty\/Skolian Empire. -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo interstellar empires are locked in seemingly endless conflict: the Skolian Empire, with its well-trained Jagernauts and faster-than-light communications maintained by members of its Ruby Dynasty, against the Eubian Empire, which thrives on slavery and whose elites are known for their cruelty.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSoz Valdoria, a Jagernaut and member of the Ruby Dynasty, is attracted to her supposed \"enemy\" Jabriol, the son of the ruler of the Eubian empire, or Traders. With hostile forces seeking their capture or death, Soz and Jabriol must work out their own -- and hopefully their empires' -- salvation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCalled by Booklist \"one of the best SF first novels in years\", Kirkus Reviews praised PRIMARY INVERSION: \"An imaginative debut that takes off at a frantic pace, with dazzling technology, stirring battles and mental hijinks ... plenty of energy and invention.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(LIGHTNING STRIKE, BOOK I and LIGHTNING STRIKE, BOOK II are the same story as told in CATCH THE LIGHTNING, but substantially rewritten and expanded for the eBook form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eBook version of PRIMARY INVERSION is rewritten from the original and is considered the best version.)","brand":"Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169597374704,"sku":"2940016166018","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016166018_p0.jpg?v=1763949696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016166018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}