{"product_id":"aurora-rising-9780316462587","title":"Aurora Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Alastair Reynolds creates \"a fascinating hybrid of space opera, police procedural and character study\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) with this novel set in the Revelation Space universe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds.\u003cbr\u003eHis current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter -- a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlastair Reynolds \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. he stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. \u003ci\u003eRevelation Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePushing Ice \u003c\/i\u003ewere shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; \u003ci\u003eRevelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCentury Rain \u003c\/i\u003ewere shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, and \u003ci\u003eChasm City \u003c\/i\u003ewon the British Science Fiction Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620511256850,"sku":"9780316462587","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c2ae080-3344-485e-9950-b9bc50875bfc.jpg?v=1732568112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aurora-rising-9780316462587","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}