{"product_id":"phantom-orbit-a-thriller-9781324110514","title":"Phantom Orbit: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Ignatius is known for his uncanny ability, in novel after novel, to predict the next great national security headline. In \u003cem\u003ePhantom Orbit\u003c\/em\u003e, he presents a story both searing and topical, with stakes as far-reaching as outer space. It follows Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, who discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of the seventeenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. He takes the puzzle to a senior scientist in the Chinese space program and declares his intention to solve it. Volkov returns to Moscow and continues his secret work. The puzzle holds untold consequences for space warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe years pass, and they are not kind to Volkov. After the loss of his son, a prosecutor who'd been too tough on corruption, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Volkov makes the fraught decision to contact the CIA. He writes: \u003cem\u003eSatellites are your enemies, especially your own. . . . Hidden codes can make time stop and turn north into south. . . . If you are smart, you will find me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this timely novel, Ignatius addresses our moment of renewed interest in space exploration amid geopolitical tumult. \u003cem\u003ePhantom Orbit\u003c\/em\u003e brims with the author's vital insights and casts Volkov as the man who, at the risk of his life, may be able to stop the Doomsday clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIgnatius, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Ignatius\u003c\/strong\u003e is a prize-winning columnist for the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for four decades. He has written several \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers. He lives in Washington, DC.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254088040722,"sku":"9781324110514","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90c84d60-fcea-43c8-a0fb-ec30a1ad12cb.jpg?v=1748591342","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/phantom-orbit-a-thriller-9781324110514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}