{"product_id":"grand-central-arena-ryk-e-spoor-9781439133552","title":"Grand Central Arena","description":"\u003cb\u003eIt Was Supposed to be a Routine Test of a New Ship--but They Landed in a Alien Arena Where the Stakes Were Life or Death. A New Paperback Original by the Co-Author of \u003ci\u003eBoundary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was supposed to be a simple test flight, one that pilot Ariane Austin was on only as a last-ditch backup; intelligent, superhumanly fast automation would handle the test activation and flight of humanity's first faster-than-light vessel. But when the Sandrisson Drive activated, every automated system crashed, the nuclear reactor itself shut down, and only the reflexes and training of a racing pilot saved the test vessel \u003ci\u003eHoly Grail\u003c\/i\u003e from crashing into the impossible \u003ci\u003ewall\u003c\/i\u003e that had appeared before them, a wall which is just part of a monstrous enclosure surrounding a space twenty thousand kilometers across. With all artificial intelligences inert and their reactor dead, they had to find some other source of power to reactivate the Sandrisson Drive and--hopefully--take them home.\u003cbr\u003e And that was only the beginning. As Ariane, Dr. Simon Sandrisson, darkly enigmatic power engineer Marc C. DuQuesne, and the rest of the\u003ci\u003e Holy Grail\u003c\/i\u003e's crew explore the immense artifact, they discover that they are not alone; they have entered a place the alien inhabitants call \"The Arena,\" and there is no way out without joining one of the alien factions . . . or winning recognition as a faction in their own right, playing by the Arena's rules - and by the Arena's rules, one failed challenge could mean death or worse - perhaps for the entire human race.\u003cbr\u003e Surrounded by alien factions, each with its own secret plans and motivations, some wielding powers so strange as to be magical, Ariane sets out to beat the Arena at its own game. With DuQuesne's strategies, Sandrisson's genius, and her own unyielding determination, she's going to bring the \u003ci\u003eHoly Grail\u003c\/i\u003e home - even if she has to beat every faction in the Arena to do it! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryk E. Spoor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439133557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439133552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.86h x 4.38w x 1.49d","brand":"Ryk E. Spoor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986182635775,"sku":"9781439133552","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9ede023-9493-4eed-9d14-334c08407bef.jpg?v=1683281851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grand-central-arena-ryk-e-spoor-9781439133552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}