{"product_id":"the-stars-at-war-ii-starfire-9780743499125","title":"The Stars at War II (Starfire)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuper-Size Your Science Fiction Adventure Sales! Two Complete Novels  One a New York Times Best Seller  in One Huge Volume  Co-Authored by the Creator of Honor Harrington. Contains Insurrection and The Shiva Option.  The war wasnt going well. The alien Arachnids were an enemy whose like no civilized race had ever confronted. Like some carnivorous cancer  the \"Bugs\" had overrun planet after planet . . . and they regarded any competing sentient species as only one more protein source. Defeat was not an option. . . . The Grand Alliance of Humans  Orions  Ophiuchi  and Gorm  united in desperate self-defense  have been driven to the wall. Billions of their civilians have been slaughtered. Their most powerful offensive operation has ended in shattering defeat and the deaths of their most experienced military commanders. Whatever they do  the Bugs just keep coming. But the warriors of the Grand Alliance know what stands behind them and they will surrender no more civilians to the oncoming juggernaut. They will die first-and they will also reactivate General Directive 18  however horrible it may be. Because when the only possible outcomes are victory or racial extermination  only one option is acceptable. The Shiva Option.And peace isnt always wonderful Once the enemy is defeated  the central governments of the Inner Worlds were anything but willing to relinguish their wartime powers. To insure that their grip on the reins of power remained firm  the bureaucrats are allowing the non-human beings of the Khanate in  while keeping the Fringe Worlds out  smugly confident that this will keep the colonial upstarts in their place. The Fringers have only one answer to that: Insurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118090117173,"sku":"ByrdShop_0743499123","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780743499125.jpg?v=1781707021","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-stars-at-war-ii-starfire-9780743499125","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}