{"product_id":"live-free-or-die-9781982192709","title":"Live Free or Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eWill the People of Earth Bow Down to Alien Overlords--or Will They Fight Back? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Contact Was Friendly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the Solar System, the world reacted with awe, hope, and fear. The first aliens to come through, the Glatun, turned out to be peaceful traders, and the world breathed a sigh of relief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWho Controls the Orbitals, Controls the World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership of us by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and Earth's governments have accepted the status quo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eLive Free or Die \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To free the world from the grip of the Horvath is going to take an unlikely hero. A hero unwilling to back down to alien or human governments, unwilling to live in slavery, and with enough hubris, if not stature, to think he can win. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fortunately, there's Tyler Vernon. And he has bigger plans than just getting rid of the Horvath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTroy Rising\u003c\/i\u003e is a book in three parts--\u003ci\u003eLive Free or Die\u003c\/i\u003e being the first part--detailing the freeing of Earth from alien conquerors, the first steps into space using off-world technologies and the creation of \u003ci\u003eTroy\u003c\/i\u003e, a thousand-trillion-ton battle station designed to secure the Solar System. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLive Free or Die: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\". . . infused with plenty of old-fashioned two-fisted can-do attitude, a heavy dose of science, and occasional bursts of dry humor . . .\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Ringo\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which \u003ci\u003eLive Free or Die\u003c\/i\u003e is the first installment. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727197540626,"sku":"9781982192709","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a224ad08-630c-4cc1-a913-93a35308bcc4.jpg?v=1734895775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/live-free-or-die-9781982192709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}