{"product_id":"epoch-1-astaire-9798990172005","title":"Epoch-1: New and Collected Sci-Fi Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom L. Ron Hubbard Golden Pen winner Desmond Astaire comes fourteen short stories spanning time travel to parallel universes to artificial intelligence and beyond, collected in one book for the first time-including new stories never seen before.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cop can stop time, but at an irreversible cost. A bartender with a vendetta against the future must determine if his customer is a time traveling tourist. Two angels discuss the meaning of life in a godless universe over lattes. An FBI agent and his witch confidential informant hunt for an interstate killer using magic bullets. An Air Force staff sergeant vanished for nine days but was years older when found. Do you believe the government's story or the Otherworld Theory?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet lost in a labyrinth of imagination in this first collection of speculative fiction stories by award-winning, best-selling author Desmond Astaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories featured in Epoch-1: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherenkov Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't Speak to the Children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGale's Universal Escape Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGallows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a Nash Equilibrium, Then\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust a Latte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurel Leaves' Message\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove, Hate, and Dog Brain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsidian Grackle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld Dean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParanorm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeacemaker Awakens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Otherworld Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are the Mother of Doomsday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Astaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990172005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e King \u0026amp; Vagabond Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Astaire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140935930111,"sku":"9798990172005","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3f102d3-46b2-457f-88cc-395daa5d6a34.jpg?v=1726597457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epoch-1-astaire-9798990172005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}