{"product_id":"2940152364767","title":"Where Empires Fear to Tread","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen an accident at a quantum physics lab transports Piper Craven to the planet Chuze, the Chuzekks call her an animal and put her in a cage. Earth is already on the roster for exploration, but since there's no evidence of intelligent life there, nobody's in a hurry...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...nobody but Zuke Gevv, that is. Zuke grabs his first chance to start mapping the pretty blue planet and even stops in at an isolated house for soup with a Human. But his unauthorized contact leads to war when the first Chuzekk disease breaks out on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree-spirited translator Jade Massilon, imprisoned not for spying but just for being capable of it, catches the eye of a Chuzekk officer named Gyze Quejj. But mothership commander Chegg Jaigg gets in the way because he has secrets of his own to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd through it all, a shadowy presence lurks in the background: an elusive figure known only as Fletcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Empires Fear to Tread (formerly Damage Control) is the introductory book to the Fletcher Variable series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also contains a bonus story by Luke Bellmason.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Jeddore Blakney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110724255984,"sku":"2940152364767","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152364767_p0.jpg?v=1764020506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152364767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}