{"product_id":"polaris-a-novel-9781250069788","title":"Polaris: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riveting tale of warfare in the not too distant future. Tucker takes his technological know-how as a former nuclear submariner and masterfully weaves it into a sensational thriller that will leave you pondering the land- and sea-scape of armed conflicts yet to come. A gifted writer first  Tucker seamlessly maintains the perfect balance between exhilarating story-telling and edifying prose. Superb novel! R. Cameron Cooke  author of Pride Runs Deep  One day in the not-too-distant future  Pete Hamlin regains consciousness deep inside the nuclear submarine Polaris. Hes got a gun in his hand  a fire raging outside his door  and a dead man at his feet. Soon Pete discovers that the ship is in the middle of a mutiny - and he has no idea what side hes on. He finds the ship is now commanded by the beautiful but volatile Hana Moody. Shes locked the former captain  Finn McCallister  inside a steel trunk  accusing him of treason. Frank Holmes is Moodys loyalist  an imposing physical presence who shares Moodys unquestioning devotion to the cause of the Alliance. The ships feckless doctor hovers in the background  unable to help Pete find out the truth about the Polaris. And outside the ships steel hull lurks another submarine  yet another presence that might be either friend or deadly foe. To save himself and discover the truth  Pete must journey with Polaris back to a forlorn piece of rock in the middle of a dangerous ocean: Eris Island. To get there he must fight murderous shipmates  a swarm of bomb-dropping drones  and a plague that is attacking everyone on both sides of a battle that Pete barely understands. Only on Eris Island does Hamlin finally learn the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67636897284149,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250069785","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250069788.jpg?v=1791558326","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/polaris-a-novel-9781250069788","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}