{"product_id":"2940170772841","title":"Galactic North","description":"Centuries from now, the basic right to expand human intelligence beyond its natural limits has become a war-worthy cause for the Demarchists and Conjoiners. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space...because who's to say that humanity won't be next?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the \u003ci\u003eRevelation Space\u003c\/i\u003e universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called \"one of SF's best and most ambitious novelists.\" The eight stories included in \u003ci\u003eGalactic North\u003c\/i\u003e are \"Great Wall of Mars,\" \"Glacial,\" \"A Spy in Europa,\" \"Weather,\" \"Dilation Sleep,\" \"Grafenwalder's Bestiary,\" \"Nightingale,\" and \"Galactic North.\"","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105127612656,"sku":"2940170772841","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170772841_p0.jpg?v=1763717115","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170772841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}