{"product_id":"9780765397423","title":"The Safehold Series, Volume I: (Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty Fortress, How Firm a Foundation)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis discounted ebundle includes: \u003ci\u003eOff Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty Fortress, How Firm a Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn android from the far human past awakens and learns her fate: to provoke technological progress that has been stifled for centuries on the planet Safehold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn David Weber’s bestselling Safehold series, humans have fled from Earth, which their enemies, the Gbaba, have left in smoldering ruins. The few human survivors rebuild on the Earth-like planet of Safehold. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers take extraordinary measures to keep Safehold society medieval forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOff Armageddon Reef —\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e In a hidden chamber on Safehold, an android from the far human past awakens. Via automated recordings, \"Nimue\" — or, rather, the android with the memories of Lieutenant Commander Nimue Alban \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is told her fate: she will emerge into Safeholdian society, suitably disguised, and begin the process of provoking the technological progress which the Church of God Awaiting has worked for centuries to prevent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Schism Rent Asunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Charis may control the world's seas, but it barely has an army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows, far too much of the kingdom's recent good fortune is due to the secret manipulations of the being that calls himself Merlin-a being that, the world must not find out too soon, is more than human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Heresies Distressed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e— \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. And so Empress Sharleyan faces the greatest challenge of her life, unaware of all that task truly entails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mighty Fortress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The Church of God Awaiting, which controls most of Safehold, has decreed the destruction of Charis. Mother Church's entire purpose is to prevent the very things to which Charis is committed. The juggernaut approaches, but Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary human beings stand in its path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Firm a Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The Inquisition's brutal torture and hideous executions are claiming more and more innocent lives. Its agents are fomenting rebellion against the only mainland realms sympathetic to Charis. And Merlin Athrawes, the cybernetic avatar of a young woman a thousand years dead, has finally learned what sleeps beneath the far-off Temple in the Church of God Awaiting's city of Zion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTor Books by David Weber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eSafehold Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eOff Armageddon Reef\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#2 \u003ci\u003eBy Schism Rent Asunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#3 \u003ci\u003eBy Heresies Distressed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#4 \u003ci\u003eA Mighty Fortress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#5 \u003ci\u003eHow Firm a Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#6 \u003ci\u003eMidst Toil and Tribulation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#7 \u003ci\u003eLike a Mighty Army\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#8 \u003ci\u003eHell's Foundations Quiver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#9 \u003ci\u003eAt the Sign of Triumph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eOther Tor Books\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127298539760,"sku":"9780765397423","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765397423_p0.jpg?v=1763656088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765397423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}