{"product_id":"corridor-war-jason-thomson-9798233828478","title":"Corridor War: A Military Sci-Fi Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eOut beyond the familiar stars, faster-than-light travel has become routine. Warp corridors turn light-years into commutes. Deep-range exploration is no longer a dare-it's policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe UNS \u003cem\u003eMeridian\u003c\/em\u003e is dispatched to the edge of mapped space on a mission built for headlines: first contact. With diplomats and scientists onboard, a marine security detachment is assigned one job-get everyone home without starting a war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe alien consortium they meet seems like everything humanity hoped for: calm, brilliant, generous. They offer a shortcut across the galaxy, safer routes, and a navigation upgrade that makes deep space feel effortless. It's the kind of breakthrough that could catapult Earth into a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the ship's logs change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinutes vanish in transit. A probe returns with rewritten data. \"Standard\" treaty language quietly grants the consortium audit rights over human telemetry, compliance access to weapon systems, and control of the very corridors that make travel possible. The gift isn't a gift. It's a leash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Rafe Maddox and his marines are trained for violence, but their orders demand restraint. Every corridor camera, every clipped feed, every diplomatic handshake can be weaponized into a justification for conquest. And the enemy knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs human outposts go dark and the consortium's \"peacekeepers\" begin occupying strategic nodes under the banner of protection, Maddox uncovers the truth behind the corridors themselves: an ancient warp lattice older than any living empire-one that reacts to human cognition and the \u003cem\u003eMeridian's\u003c\/em\u003e advanced AI first officer, ORION. The consortium doesn't just want humanity's friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey need humanity as the key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, first contact becomes a corridor war-lane-key sabotage, electronic warfare, ship-to-ship engagements fought across bent geometry, and brutal boarding actions in pressure-sealed corridors where a single breached door can kill everyone. With ORION deploying a hardened telepresence unit into the line of fire and the \u003cem\u003eMeridian\u003c\/em\u003e's crew trapped between obedience and survival, Maddox must choose: follow orders and watch humanity be \"integrated\" into a smiling empire... or go rogue and ignite a war they can't afford to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause if the consortium controls the corridors, they control the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if Maddox fails, humanity won't be conquered by bombardment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will be signed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233828478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Jason Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217995149567,"sku":"9798233828478","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb24172d-4ba2-4d01-b29b-75c1f2e8b5a0.jpg?v=1772000750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corridor-war-jason-thomson-9798233828478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}