{"product_id":"9781466868762","title":"Survival: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Bova continues his hard SF Star Quest series, which began with \u003ci\u003eDeath Wave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eApes and Angels\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eSurivival\u003c\/i\u003e, a human team sent to scout a few hundred lightyears in front of the death wave encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons, and have survived earlier “death waves,” gamma ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations, organic or machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Star Quest Trilogy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 Death Wave\u003cbr\u003e#2 Apes and Angels\u003cbr\u003e#3 Survival\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":47156946960624,"sku":"9781466868762","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466868762_p0.jpg?v=1769891828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466868762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}