{"product_id":"alliance-unbound-9780756415969","title":"Alliance Unbound","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second novel of The Hinder Stars series returns to an intergalactic corporate conflict, set in the Hugo-award winning Alliance-Union Universe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Cyteen opened up faster-than-light travel, it gave the technology for free to any ship that could reach it; and with that technology, it provided a map of jump-points, points of mass enabling starships to navigate hyperspace safely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe map of jump-points, however, stopped with the route to Alpha--thus excluding Sol, and Earth, and the Earth Company, whose gateway to the stars was Alpha. Cyteen knew exactly what it was doing with its gift. Sol and the EC could still reach Alpha with sub-light pusher-ships as it always had--but Sol and the Earth Company no longer had any authority in the Beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Sol intends to take back control of its star-stations and stop Cyteen's unbridled expansion, however it can. To do that, they are willing to starve Alpha, and concentrate their efforts on a huge FTLer capable of carrying military force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSFWA Grand Master \u003cb\u003eC. J. Cherryh\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than seventy books, including the highly popular Foreigner science fiction series. She won the Hugo Award for her novels \u003ci\u003eDownbelow Station\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCyteen\u003c\/i\u003e, and her short story \"Cassandra.\" She has also won the Campbell Award, Locus Award, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane S. Fancher\u003c\/b\u003e grew up raising and training horses, learning to fly a plane, playing piano, singing, drawing, and studying math, physics, astronomy, and anthropology. While working for WaRP Graphics (\u003ci\u003eElfquest\u003c\/i\u003e), she joined a project\u003cbr\u003eto produce a graphic adaptation of C. J. Cherryh's \u003ci\u003eGate of Ivrel\u003c\/i\u003e. This endeavor led her to a new home in Oklahoma City, where she found her calling and began writing her own novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daw Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878338990354,"sku":"9780756415969","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5bfcb8e0-8183-4162-a720-1d32b202bb7f.jpg?v=1738293618","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alliance-unbound-9780756415969","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}