{"product_id":"ex-machina-9781982159948","title":"Ex Machina","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intense \"missing\" tale from the beginning of the \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e movie era, when the crew of the U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eEnterprise \u003c\/i\u003ewas first reunited and confronting issues of both nature of God and artificial intelligence. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the events of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Motion Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, the reunited crew of the Starship \u003ci\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/i\u003e revisits a loose end from their earlier adventures: the resettlement of refugee colonists from a destroyed planet, whose lives have depended so long on the godlike artificial intelligence that guided them through space, they ability to survive without it is now in doubt. At the same time, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, back together now after almost three years, must relearn how to work together in a story that examines this iconic relationship as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBennett, Christopher L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher L. Bennett is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor's degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e novels as \u003ci\u003eEx Machina, The Buried Age, \u003c\/i\u003e the Titan novels \u003ci\u003eOrion's Hounds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOver a Torrent Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, the two Department of Temporal Investigations novels \u003ci\u003eWatching the Clock\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Forgotten History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Enterprise novels \u003ci\u003eRise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tower of Babel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncertain Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLive By the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as shorter works including stories in the anniversary anthologies \u003ci\u003eConstellations, The Sky's the Limit, Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChange\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e. Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels \u003ci\u003eX Men: Watchers on the Walls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpider Man: Drowned in Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel \u003ci\u003eOnly Superhuman\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several novelettes in \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and other science fiction magazines.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376678539538,"sku":"9781982159948","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c69a159c-c838-4870-8b68-3403e386b627.jpg?v=1728603536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ex-machina-9781982159948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}