{"product_id":"to-crush-the-moon-mass-market-paperbound","title":"To Crush the Moon - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWil McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING QUEENDOM OF SOL SERIES, AN EPIC OF A WILD VISIONARY FUTURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce the Queendom of Sol was a glowing monument to humankind's loftiest dreams. Ageless and immortal, its citizens lived in peaceful splendor. But as Sol buckled under the swell of an \"immorbid\" population, space itself literally ran out. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conrad Mursk has returned to Sol on the crippled starship \u003ci\u003eNewhope\u003c\/i\u003e. His crew are the frozen refugees of a failed colony at Barnard's Star. A thousand years older, Mursk finds Sol on the brink of rebellion, while a fanatic necro cult is reviving death itself. Now Mursk and his lover, Captain Xiomara \"Xmary\" Li Weng, are sent on a final, desperate mission by King Bruno de Towaji--one of the greatest terraformers of the ages--to literally crush the moon. If they succeed, they'll save billions of lost souls. If they fail, they'll strand humanity between death and something unimaginably worse. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Wil McCarthy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McCarthy is an entertaining, intelligent, amusing writer, with Heinlein's knack for breakneck plotting and, at the same time, Clarke's thoughtfulness.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"'Imagination really is the only limit.'\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The future as McCarthy sees it is a wondrous place.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A bright light on the SF horizon.\"--David Brin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wil McCarthy demonstrates that he has a sharp intelligence, a galaxy-spanning imagination, and the solid scientific background to make it all work.\"--Connie Willis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In nearly every passage, we get another slice of the science of McCarthy's construction, and a deeper sense of danger and foreboding . . . McCarthy develops considerable tension.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An ingenious yarn with challenging ideas, well-handled technical details, and plenty of twists and turns.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngineer\/novelist\/journalist\/entrepreneur \u003cb\u003eWil McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e is a former contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eWIRED \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and science columnist for the SyFy channel. A lifetime member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, he has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, Seiun, AnLab, Colorado Book, Theodore Sturgeon, and Philip K. Dick awards. His short fiction has graced the pages of \u003ci\u003eAnalog, Asimov's, WIRED, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSF Age, \u003c\/i\u003e and his novels include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable \u003ci\u003eBloom\u003c\/i\u003e, Amazon.com \"Best of Y2K\" \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsium\u003c\/i\u003e (a national bestseller), \u003ci\u003eTo Crush the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAntediluvian\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for TV, appeared on The History Channel and The Science Channel, and published nonfiction in half a dozen magazines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Previously a flight controller for Lockheed Martin Space Launch Systems and later an engineering manager for Omnitech Robotics and founder\/president\/CTO of Raven Brick LLC, McCarthy holds patents of his own in seven countries, including twenty-nine issued U.S. patents in the field of nanostructured optical materials.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 6.72 x 4.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333137993965,"sku":"9781982192006","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/OEvdrpcDmS9781982192006.webp?v=1784978793","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/to-crush-the-moon-mass-market-paperbound","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}