{"product_id":"trial-by-fire-2-caineverse","title":"Trial by Fire (2) (Caineverse)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSequel to national bestseller  Nebula Award finalist  and Compton Crook Award winner Fire with Fire. Science fiction adventure on a grand scale.  When reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative Caine Riordan returns from humanitys first encounter with alien races  sudden war clouds burst. With Earths fleet shattered by a sneak attack and its survivors fighting for their lives  Caine must rely upon both his first contact and weaponry skills to contend with the non-humanoid enemy. And when the technologically-superior attackers sweep aside the solar systems last defenses  and traitorous corporations invite the invaders to land \"security forces \" humanity fights back with its best weapons: cunning  inventiveness  and guts.  But as Earth hurtles towards a final trial by fire that is certain to scar its collective memory  Caine discovers that there may also be large and disturbing gaps in that memory. Clues point to a much earlier inter-species apocalypse  buried in humanitys own prehistory. Which raises a terrifying possibility: what if the aliens invasion of Earth is not one of conquest  but preemption? And what if their harrowing memories of a long-past cataclysmic war makes them willing to do anything to keep it from reigniting?  Even if that means exterminating the human race.  About Trial by Fire: \"Gannons whiz-bang second Tales of the Terran Republic interstellar adventure delivers on the promise of the first (Fire with Fire). . . . The charm of Caines harrowing adventure lies in Gannons attention to detail  which keeps the layers of political intrigue and military action from getting too dense. The dozens of key characters  multiple theaters of operations  and various alien cultures all receive the appropriate amount of attention. The satisfying resolution is enhanced by the promise of more excitement to come in this fascinating far-future universe.\" Publishers Weekly  starred review  \" . . . offers the type of hard science-fiction those familiar with the John Campbell era of Analog Science Fiction will remember.Gannon throws his readers into an action-packed adventure. A sequel to Fire With Fire  it is a nonstop tale filled with military science-fiction action.\" Daily News of Galveston County  \"A white-knuckle adventure . . . with real stakes  and sets up the next challenge for the newly named Terran Republic. Gannon is making it easy for me to meet my goal of reading more military SF this year.\" Fantasy Literature Review  About Compton Crook award winner for best first novel  Fire with Fire: Chuck Gannon is one of those marvelous findssomeone as comfortable with characters as he is with technology  and equally adept at providing those characters with problems to solve. Imaginative  fun  and not afraid to step on the occasional toe or gore the occasional sacred cow  his stories do not disappoint. David Weber  \"If we meet strong aliens out there  will we suffer the fate of the Aztecs and Incas  or find the agility to survive? Gannon fizzes with ideas about the dangerous politics of first contact. David Brin  \"The plot is intriguing and then some. Well-developed and self-consistent; intelligent readers are going to like it.\" Jerry Pournelle  \"The intersecting plot threads  action and well-conceived science kept those pages turning.\" SF Crowsnest  About Starfire series hit  Extremis  coauthored by Charles E. Gannon:  Vivid. . . Battle sequences mingle with thought-provoking exegesis . . . Publishers Weekly  \"Its a grand  fun series of battles and campaigns  worthy of anything Dale Brown or Larry Bond ever wrote.\" Analog  About Charles E. Gannon: \"A strong writer of . . . military SF. . .much action going on in his work  with a lot of physics behind it. There is a real sense of the urgency of war and the sacrifices it demands.\" Locus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966050070581,"sku":"ByrdShop_1476780773","price":58.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781476780771.jpg?v=1770553286","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/trial-by-fire-2-caineverse","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}