{"product_id":"star-trek-titan-3-orions-hounds-9781451691498","title":"Star Trek: Titan #3: Orion's Hounds","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs the \u003ci\u003eU.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e S. S. Titan ventures beyond the outermost reaches of known space, the telepaths in her crew--including Diplomatic Officer Donna Troi--are overwhelmed by an alien cry of distress, leading the ship to the scene of a shocking act of carnage: a civilazation of insterstellar \"whalers\" preying upon and exploiting a familiar species of sentient spacebource giants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppalled but reluctant to rush to judgement, Captain William Riker and his crew in investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning ground in a region of active star formation--the exosystem for a bewildering array of diverse but similarly vast life-forms. While attempting to negotiate an end to the victimizeation of these creatures, Riker's crew inadvertently grants them the means to defeat their hunters' purpose...only to learn that things are not exactly as they seem.\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":"Star Trek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337416347922,"sku":"9781451691498","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b0ee782c-9d13-4c70-a2fe-93b59323d50e.jpg?v=1727962341","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/star-trek-titan-3-orions-hounds-9781451691498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}