{"product_id":"9781930709027","title":"Commencement","description":"The Sting was what made Ronica McBride special-that, and the years the interstellar government called the Com had invested in teaching her how to use it. Class C talents could use the power called gathering to control their own bodies; the less common Class Bs used pathfinding to alter the inner workings of mechanical things; but only the rare Class A could use the Sting-and it was that unparalleled power over other minds that made Ronica the most valuable resource in the Com.\u003cp\u003eNewly graduated and ready to use her Class A talent, Ronica McBride should have had the worlds at her fingertips. But instead she was lost on an unknown planet, hurt, alone, with no memory of how she had gotten there-and she had lost her Sting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathering and pathfinding were tools, not weapons. Without her Sting, Ronica could not stop the Stonehouse dwellers who rescued her from promptly trading her away to the chief of a primitive tribe. And as Ronica struggled to find a place for herself on the wilderworld, accept her loss of talent, and regain her missing memories, she began to discover that everything the Com had taught her was a lie...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 1 of the Starfire Saga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Commencement... fits into the established niches while at the same time ringing new changes on what readers might think are standard themes.\"\u003cbr\u003e-New York Review of Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Roby James writes with passion and intelligence.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Look out, Robert Jordan!\"\u003cbr\u003e-Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Booksellers Newsletter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hawk Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062921609456,"sku":"9781930709027","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781930709027_p0.jpg?v=1763639882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781930709027","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}