{"product_id":"the-bellerophon-incident-9798185296271","title":"The Bellerophon Incident","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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a war fought across the stars, the most important battles are the ones no one ever records.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Year 17 of the Anglo-Aurigan War. Convoy after convoy is vanishing from Allied supply routes-seven ships at a time, without warning, without wreckage. When intelligence analyst Dorothea Marsh overlays nine impossible loss events on a single star chart, every line points to one place: \u003cb\u003eBellerophon\u003c\/b\u003e, a civilian world under Aurigan occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA commando strike would announce exactly what the Admiralty knows. A conventional spy operation has failed six times already. What the mission requires is someone the Aurigans are not looking for-someone stepping into the identity of an enemy officer killed fourteen months ago in a transit accident, whose death was never recorded in Bellerephon's files.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat someone is \u003cb\u003eNathan Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e, a civilian astro-cartographer who has never carried a weapon in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an occupied world watched over by the meticulous Captain Viktor Stahl-a security officer with an uncanny talent for detecting deception-Nathan must master a dead man's identity, navigate a resistance movement fractured between urgency and caution, and locate an enemy installation capable of erasing entire convoys from space. Alongside him is \u003cb\u003eEliza Fairchild\u003c\/b\u003e, a former schoolteacher whose quiet courage has kept the resistance alive through two years of occupation, and who understands that patience and precise timing are weapons as powerful as any fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe window is closing. The convoys keep disappearing. And Stahl is beginning to notice that something about Lieutenant Gregor Weis does not quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bellerophon Incident\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, atmospheric thriller in the tradition of classic wartime espionage drama-reimagined among the stars. It is a story about impersonation under pressure, resistance under occupation, and the kind of courage that leaves no monuments behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Alastair Reynolds, John Scalzi, and the espionage novels of John le Carr�-for readers who want their science fiction thrilling, thoughtful, and rooted in timeless questions of loyalty, sacrifice, and the price of freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48211716505751,"sku":"9798185296271","price":1554.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798185296271.webp?v=1788720728","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-bellerophon-incident-9798185296271","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}