{"product_id":"earth-ben-bova-9781250823410","title":"Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth \u003c\/i\u003eis the latest science fiction novel from multiple Hugo Award winner Ben Bova, author of \u003ci\u003eApes and Angels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSurvival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wave of lethal gamma radiation is expanding from the core of the Milky Way galaxy at the speed of light, killing everything in its path. The countdown to when the death wave will reach Earth and the rest of the solar system is at two thousand years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumans were helped by the Predecessors, who provided shielding generators that can protect the solar system. In return, the Predecessors asked humankind's help to save other intelligent species that are in danger of being annihilated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what of Earth? With the Death Wave no longer a threat to humanity, humans have spread out and colonized all the worlds of the solar system. The technology of the Predecessors has made Earth a paradise, at least on the surface. But a policy of exiling discontented young people to the outer planets and asteroid mines has led to a deep divide between the new worlds and the homeworld, and those tensions are about to explode into open war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Bova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250823412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250823410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d","brand":"Ben Bova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989235859711,"sku":"9781250823410","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_450448d4-adf1-4674-84a8-4166e51eaa08.jpg?v=1683298349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earth-ben-bova-9781250823410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}