{"product_id":"death-wave-9781250783547","title":"Death Wave","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system in \u003ci\u003eDeath Wave\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the precursor to the Star Quest Trilogy, \u003ci\u003eNew Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, Jordan Kell led the first human mission beyond the solar system. They discovered the ruins of an ancient alien civilization. But one alien AI survived, and it revealed to Jordan Kell that an explosion in the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy has created a wave of deadly radiation, expanding out from the core toward Earth. Unless the human race acts to save itself, all life on Earth will be wiped out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kell and his team return to Earth, many years after their departure, they find that their world has changed almost beyond recognition. Not only has a second wave of greenhouse flooding caused sea levels to rise, but society has been changed by the consequences of the climate shift. Few people want to face Jordan Kell's news. He must convince Earth's new rulers that the human race is in danger of extinction unless it acts to forestall the death wave coming from the galaxy's heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Star Quest Trilogy\u003cbr\u003e#1 Death Wave\u003cbr\u003e#2 Apes and Angels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEN BOVA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including \u003ci\u003eAble One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeviathans of Jupiter\u003c\/i\u003e and the Grand Tour novels, including \u003ci\u003eTitan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award \"for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature.\" He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and former fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525834412306,"sku":"9781250783547","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7e5ca5b-63f8-43b6-9d06-65817c09ebd1.jpg?v=1731243242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-wave-9781250783547","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}