{"product_id":"9780983066064","title":"Final Evolution","description":"Jasenn Zaejian captures the zeitgeist again. First in non-fiction, now in science fiction informed by real science. This exciting and mysterious psychological chronicle of galactic travel, interpersonal and inter-species conflict, ‎murder, and corporatist government control in the twenty fifth century leads to an unexpected conclusion.‎ ‎\u003cp\u003eThe privileged life of the governing body of Holders and their relatives are about to take a ‎dangerous turn. Corporate greed with government complicity caused the Great Catastrophe. All life on the planet was on the ‎verge of extinction until a fortuitous cosmic event enabled a slow recovery and an awakening of the ‎remaining citizens to how they've been manipulated by the politic. Following the recovery, intergalactic travel and trade brought unimagined ‎wealth to the Solar Confederation of inhabited planets under a novel form of altruistic ‎government. Economic resources were equally shared so that a ‎moderate living was provided for all. Private ownership of corporations no longer existed. All business corporations functioned as worker co-ops. Civilization saw the end of poverty and social ‎class ‎conflict. As human history has so often repeated itself, a new generation of ‎Holders brought ‎the return of greed and manipulation.\u003cbr\u003e ‎\u003cbr\u003eLight years away, ‎one highly evolved and mysterious civilization in the Boötes cluster had ‎been watching with grave concern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Solar Confederation galactic exploration vessel inexplicably vanished from ‎Terran trackers and, in an instant, appeared in orbit around a previously unknown tropical planet ‎with multiple suns, light years from their last known location. The final ‎evolution of human civilization begins.‎\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Related Publishing \u0026 Consulting","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035646116080,"sku":"9780983066064","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983066064_p0.jpg?v=1763887146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983066064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}