{"product_id":"9780743498845","title":"Against the Tide (Council Wars Series #3)","description":"The world had been a paradise until the Fall, when the holders of the control codes for the world-spanning program called “Mother” fell out in civil war.\u003cp\u003e     The United Free States felt well defended behind its screen of elite Dragon carriers that held sway in the Atlantis Ocean. But when New Destiny proved to have dragon carriers of its own, and more of them, the linch-pin of the UFS defense went out the window. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Now, with the UFS’ back to the wall, everything seems to be going New Destiny’s way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  But there are problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Edmund Talbot had never really studied naval warfare, but what he didn’t know about war in general hadn’t been written. So when he took over the UFS navy, at its moment of utter defeat, New Destiny’s problems were just starting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    And little did the instigator of the civil war, Paul Boman, know that his closest confidante was the daughter of the UFS’ head of intelligence. Megan Travante, for four years mired in a concubine’s harem, has just been recruited to be an agent in the enemy camp. Of course, she’s also planning on murdering Paul, just as soon as she gets a chance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Herzer Herrick, the UFS’ premier ground fighter, has problems of his own. A man who’s “good with his hands” he’s also found he’s good with a dragon. Which is why he’s the XO of a dragon contingent instead of fighting in the front lines of the ground battle. With a crew of brand new pilots, undertrained dragons, untrained support personnel, the bitchiest dragon CO on Earth and a ship’s commander who’s half cat, he has enough problems for any one man. And then he gets an order that drops a whole passel more in his lap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     The battle of dragon carrier on dragon carrier is about to start, with the fleets pursuing each other over half the Atlantis Ocean in a game of cat-and-mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     But all the cats are on the side of the UFS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    John Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign food. He chose to study marine biology and really liked it. Unfortunately the pay was for beans. So he turned to quality control database management, where the pay was much better. His highest hopes were to someday upgrade to SQL Server, at which point, he thought, his life would be complete. But then Fate took a hand: John has become a professional science fiction writer, and is in the early stages of becoming fabulously wealthy, which his publisher has assured him is the common lot of science fiction writers who write for Baen Books. In addition to his own enthusiastically received and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling military SF series -- \u003ci\u003eA Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front, When the Devil Dances,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHell’s Faire\u003c\/i\u003e -- he is collaborating with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber on a new SF adventure series: \u003ci\u003eMarch Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Few,\u003c\/i\u003e with more to come.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  With his bachelor years spent in the airborne, cave diving, rock-climbing, rappelling, hunting, spear-fishing, and sailing, the author is now happy to let other people risk their necks. He prefers to write science fiction (both alone and in collaboration with David Weber and others) raise Arabian horses, dandle his kids, and watch the grass grow. Someday he may even cut it. But not today. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe he’ll just let the horses eat it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078681891056,"sku":"9780743498845","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743498845_p0.jpg?v=1784730940","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743498845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}