{"product_id":"silent-impact-the-missile-that-never-exploded-9798185236635","title":"Silent Impact: The Missile That Never Exploded","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Bailey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Space Opera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne obsolete missile. One impossible loss. One lesson that will change the war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 2239. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWar has erupted between the Commonwealth of Anglo Worlds and the authoritarian Aurigan Dominion. While politicians promise quick victories, the men and women of the Anglo Space Navy know that every patrol beyond the frontier carries enormous risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEscort cruiser \u003cb\u003eHMS Bristol\u003c\/b\u003e appears more than capable of surviving anything the Dominion can throw at her.\u003cbr\u003eThen an ageing Aurigan strike fighter launches an equally obsolete anti-ship missile.\u003cbr\u003eThe missile strikes.\u003cbr\u003eIts warhead never detonates.\u003cbr\u003eHours later, HMS \u003ci\u003eBristol\u003c\/i\u003e is lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs journalists proclaim the arrival of a terrifying Aurigan super-weapon, Admiralty investigators uncover a far more disturbing truth. Fragmented communications, flawed assumptions, peacetime doctrine, and a relentless shipboard fire combined to destroy one of the Commonwealth's finest warships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through combat action, official reports, news broadcasts, government deliberations, damage-control operations, and the perspectives of both Commonwealth and Aurigan personnel, \u003ci\u003eSilent Impact\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping military science-fiction thriller about leadership, courage, and the unforgiving realities of modern warfare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes history turns not on an explosion-\u003cbr\u003e-but on the fire that follows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of David Weber, Jack Campbell, Tom Clancy, and classic Royal Navy fiction will enjoy this thoughtful, character-driven novel of space combat and military investigation.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48211716964503,"sku":"9798185236635","price":1543.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798185236635.webp?v=1788720731","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/silent-impact-the-missile-that-never-exploded-9798185236635","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}