{"product_id":"the-hot-gate-9781451638189","title":"The Hot Gate","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller in hardcover.\u003c\/b\u003e Armed forces veteran and seven-time \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author John Ringo delivers the third entry in his blockbuster Troy Rising SF series. Humanity fights back against a devastating Trojan-horse-like alien invasion of Earth and takes the fight to the stars by creating a vast battlestation as large as a planet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third entry in the best-selling Troy Rising saga and follow-up to blockbuster \u003ci\u003eCitadel\u003c\/i\u003e from multiple \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and military SF master, John Ringo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the orbital gates first materialized in the outer Solar System, all seemed well, but a devastating invasion ensued. Now humans have battled back from the conquest by a tyrannical alien species to become a force to reckon with in the galaxy. On a crash-building course, humanity has created a near-impregnable battlestation of Deathstar proportions to prove it. But the enemy is remorseless and to survive humans must take the fight to the heart of their empire and prevail-a feat no previous species has ever accomplished. Instead, the bones and burnt hulks of those who have tried litter the star-ways. But these galactic imperialists have never contended with humans, a foe who is their match in sheer ferocity and desire to win. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Troy Rising series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[I]nfused with plenty of old-fashioned two-fisted can-do attitude . . .\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[I]rresistible action-sf . . .[filled with] Ringo's amazingly fertile imagination.\" -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout John Ringo: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[O]ne of the best...practitioners. . .of military SF.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[F]ast-paced military SF peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Ringo's work] \"attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas...\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo.\" -\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Weekly Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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":50466271428882,"sku":"9781451638189","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ac10421-20dc-48c9-932e-b6e8513cb0b7.jpg?v=1730116926","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hot-gate-9781451638189","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}