{"product_id":"9781473223950","title":"The Veteran Omnibus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'an exceptional talent' Peter F. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy name is Jakob Douglas, ex-special forces. I fought Them. Just like we've all been doing for 60 bloody years. But I thought my part in that was done with.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hundred years in our future, in a world of alien infiltrators, religious hackers, a vast convoying nation of Nomads, city sized orbital elevators, and a cyborg pirate king who believes himself to be a mythological demon Jakob is having a bad day. VETERAN is a fast paced, intricately plotted violent SF Thriller set in a dark future against the backdrop of a seemingly never ending war against an unknowable and implacable alien enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn WAR IN HEAVEN, the high-powered sequel to VETERAN, an unlikely hero makes an even more unlikely return to take the reader back into a vividly rendered bleak future. But a bleak future where there are still wonders: man travelling out into the universe, Bladerunner-esque cities hanging from the ceilings of vast caverns, aliens that we can barely comprehend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGavin Smith writes fast-moving, incredibly violent SF thrillers but behind the violence and the thrills lies a carefully thought out story and characters who have far more to them than first meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever one to avoid controversy Gavin Smith nevertheless invites you to think beyond the initial shock of what you have just read. But in the meantime? Another fire-fight, another chase another flight of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135762317552,"sku":"9781473223950","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473223950_p0.jpg?v=1763599742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473223950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}