{"product_id":"9780984895335","title":"Rome's Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagine waking up 14 centuries from now, only to discover that everything you know about the universe is wrong and you are nothing but a despised relic from the long-dead past.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome's Revolution is an interstellar saga about a man from the 21st century and a woman from the 35th century who fight forces from the incomprehensibly large to the infinitesimally small, all intent on destroying mankind. Cinematic in scope, Rome's Revolution offers romance, comedy, heart-pounding thrills, suspense, \"legal\" time travel, and meticulously researched hard science. It is a love story and a culture clash that celebrates the triumph of the individual over a mass-mind that thinks it is infallible. Rome's Revolution has it all: robots, aliens, computers, genetic manipulation, spaceships that travel faster than light and some that travel a lot slower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome's Revolution chronicles the adventures of Rei Bierak, a twenty-something male from the very near future. Rei, along with 542 other humans, is frozen and launched in the Ark II toward the stars with the hope of establishing a colony on a habitable world in the Tau Ceti system. During Rei's long trip, modern civilization has collapsed, and society has reformed into a decidedly different model. The 24-chromosome mind-connected humans of the future called the Vuduri are efficient, indifferent, and emotionally deficient. The Vuduri have conquered faster-than-light travel and have established an outpost in the Pi3 Orionis system (aka Tabit) to study why certain stars are disappearing. Awakening 1388 years in the future, Rei meets Rome, a beautiful half-breed Vuduri woman, who is eventually ostracized for consorting with him. Rei and Rome are joined by OMCOM, a super-computer with delusions of omnipotence. Together, they fend off a hostile society, saboteurs, and technology indistinguishable from magic. The fate of humanity, perhaps even life itself, hangs in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for some science in your science fiction, this book is for you. \u003ci\u003e(One other note: this story is true, it just hasn't happened yet.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael L. Brachman Ph.D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021048529136,"sku":"9780984895335","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984895335_p0.jpg?v=1763896401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984895335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}