{"product_id":"city-of-ruins-a-diving-novel-9781561462957","title":"City of Ruins: A Diving Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eYears after stumbling across her first Dignity Vessel, Boss now leads a team of people searching for \"loose\" stealth technology. She takes a team to Vaycehn to investigate a phenomenon called death holes, thinking they might lead her to stealth tech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jonathon \"Coop\" Cooper and the crew of the \u003cem\u003eIvoire\u003c\/em\u003e finally find a way out of foldspace despite their damaged \u003cem\u003eanacapa\u003c\/em\u003e drive. But he soon realizes the ship's return to normal space is anything but normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoop and Boss hold the answer to questions both seek. But what they discover will change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2012 Endeavor Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for City of Ruins: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity of Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e has two great strengths going for it. One is the characters. Rusch does a marvelous job of bringing even minor characters to life.... The other appeal is the constant tension....Each scene is a taut wire, ready to snap.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Speculative Fiction Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRusch, Kristine Kathryn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award. She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson. She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith. To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com, fictionriver.com, pulphousemagazine.com).","brand":"Wmg Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376578629906,"sku":"9781561462957","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c94783b6-8cef-49fc-83de-195e900979e5.jpg?v=1728601471","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-ruins-a-diving-novel-9781561462957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}