{"product_id":"9781473203556","title":"Hand of Doom","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was a great world in the fortieth century. No economic problems. No work. Robots and androids everywhere. Every girl a princess, every man a king. Pleasure, parties, amusements, art, drama and literature were the ultimate goal of every man woman and child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   When people have too much leisure there is a danger. They grow soft and effete. There hadn't been a standing army on earth for a thousand years. There hadn't been a single warrior for five hundred. Then the Masked Swordsmen began breaking up the pleasure parties, after the swords came guns, stolen from the museums. Then... worse,... far, far worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   But that wasn't all. There were rumours of alien ships in the sky. Ships manned by a savage blue skinned humanoid race. Ships landed. Blues were enslaved. More blues came. Earthmen and women were captured in reprisal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Who were the blues? Why did they come? What was their history? What were their plans for the future? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003ci\u003eWould the human race survive?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125411889392,"sku":"9781473203556","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473203556_p0.jpg?v=1763599495","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473203556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}