{"product_id":"the-last-star-9781915304278","title":"The Last Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Terry Grimwood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Elsewhen Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Elsewhen Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Alien Contact\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeware god-like aliens bearing gifts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStasis and inorganic self-repair, new spacefaring technologies for humankind, yet more gifts from its closest extra-terrestrial ally, the Iaens. There are, it seems, no limits to humanity's outward journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then Lana Reed, Mission Commander of the interstellar colony seeder, \u003cem\u003eDrake\u003c\/em\u003e, awakes from her own stasis to discover that all but three of the vessel's other tanks are dark, their occupants suffocated, screaming yet unheard in their high-tech coffins. But the stasis tanks are not all that is dark. The sensors return no readings from outside. The external vid-feeds show only unending blackness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There are no stars to be seen. No planet song to be heard. No galaxy cry. No echoing radio signals that proclaim life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The \u003cem\u003eDrake\u003c\/em\u003e and its surviving crew are adrift and alone in a lightless, empty universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover design and artwork by Alex Storer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Terry Grimwood, another taste of the human realpolitik alliance with the Iaen, begun in \u003cem\u003eInterference.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46375448772759,"sku":"9781915304278","price":910.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781915304278.webp?v=1768754687","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-last-star-9781915304278","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}