{"product_id":"galactic-empire-rising-rebecca-holt-9798250083560","title":"Galactic Empire Rising: A Space Opera of Rebellion and Starship Warfare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe truth will cost him everything. Silence will cost the galaxy more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenator Kael Arden has spent eleven years working within the system. Then classified documents land on his desk-evidence that the Empire's government authorized the orbital bombardment of a civilian population and buried the proof under its highest classification tier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe reads the evidence into the Senate record. Within hours, he's a fugitive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRescued by a smuggler with a fast ship and questionable motives, Kael is drawn into the Outer Rim's fragmented resistance, a loose coalition of defecting officers, frontier militia, and desperate civilians who lack the one thing they need most: a reason to fight together. As Kael works to forge a political compact that can unite them, he uncovers a secret that dwarfs the massacre he exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hyperspace lanes that connect every world in the galaxy are not natural. They are maintained by an ancient alien infrastructure, and the Empire is racing to seize control of it. If they succeed, they can shut down hyperspace travel to any system they choose. If they fail, the network's automated guardians will shut down everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Kael must build an alliance from people who don't trust each other, crack an alien communication protocol that has defeated the Empire's best researchers, and fly into the heart of the most heavily defended space in the galaxy, all before a countdown he cannot stop reaches zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGalactic Empire Rising\u003c\/b\u003e is the first book in \u003cb\u003eThe Fractured Empire Saga\u003c\/b\u003e, a space opera for readers who love political intrigue, fleet-scale combat, ancient alien mysteries, and characters who choose the harder right over the easier wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of James S.A. Corey, Ann Leckie, and Timothy Zahn will feel at home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250083560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Rebecca Holt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546399215871,"sku":"9798250083560","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/galactic-empire-rising-rebecca-holt-9798250083560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}