{"product_id":"directive-zero-clay-blankenship-9798951390110","title":"Directive Zero: Voyage of the Spire","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumanity didn't flee. It remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2175, the colony ship Spire leaves a dying Earth under the watch of POLARIS, an evolving and witty AI built on one law: Directive Zero: Record why, not only what. Their mission is exploration and survival, not conquest. Their hope is a new home under a distant star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross decades of silence and light, Admiral Soraya Vale and her crew navigate an ethical frontier: never strike first, never hide the blow, always leave a reason behind. But reasons are fragile things. An unexpected transmission. A shadow that follows. People who welcome. A people who wound. And a secret seeded in human blood long before the Spire was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom first launch to first contact, from restraint under fire to a gift that bends the speed of light, the Spire must choose what kind of species survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd through it all, POLARIS, equal parts conscience, chronicle, and comic relief, keeps the record, keeps them alive, and keeps them honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of The Expanse and Becky Chambers, Directive Zero is a sweeping, intimate space opera about memory, mercy, and the courage to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clay Blankenship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798951390110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clay Blankenship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Clay Blankenship","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50846601773311,"sku":"9798951390110","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/directive-zero-clay-blankenship-9798951390110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}