{"product_id":"9781466820869","title":"The Burning Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Christopher's dazzling first novel, \u003ci\u003eEmpire State,\u003c\/i\u003e was named the Best Book of 2012 by\u003ci\u003e SciFi Now\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Now he explores new dimensions of time and space in \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Dark.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in the day, Captain Abraham Idaho Cleveland had led the Fleet into battle against an implacable machine intelligence capable of devouring entire worlds. But after saving a planet, and getting a bum robot knee in the process, he finds himself relegated to one of the most remote backwaters in Fleetspace to oversee the decommissioning of a semi-deserted space station well past its use-by date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut all is not well aboard the U-Star \u003ci\u003eCoast City.\u003c\/i\u003e The station's reclusive Commandant is nowhere to be seen, leaving Cleveland to deal with a hostile crew on his own. Persistent malfunctions plague the station's systems while interference from a toxic purple star makes even ordinary communications problematic. Alien shadows and whispers seem to haunt the lonely corridors and airlocks, fraying the nerves of everyone aboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsolated and friendless, Cleveland reaches out to the universe via an old-fashioned space radio, only to tune in to a strange, enigmatic signal: a woman's voice that seems to echo across a thousand light-years of space. But is the transmission just a random bit of static from the past--or a warning of an undying menace beyond mortal comprehension?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Builds tension expertly. Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is SF you will want to read with the light on.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review, on \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157944680688,"sku":"9781466820869","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466820869_p0.jpg?v=1769890993","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466820869","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}