{"product_id":"iron-truth-s-a-tholin-9789198985900","title":"Iron Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the inaugural SPSFC (2021\/2022)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen miners on a remote colony dig too deep, the golden age of space exploration comes to a bloody end. A corruption springs from Xanthe's alien soil, possessing every mind it touches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbroiled in civil war, the galactic community spirals into panic, and the Primaterre Protectorate seizes control. In order to preserve Earth, its surface is quarantined, and all further deep space colonisation is outlawed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAboard one of the last colony ships, junior botanist Joy Somerset slumbers in cryostasis, unaware of war and corruption. Expecting the clear skies of a garden colony, she instead wakes stranded on Cato - a planet whose menacing sands seem to share a hunger with the crazed locals - and Joy faces mortal peril at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommander Cassimer, troubled by a past of epic proportions, is a Primaterre veteran dedicated to fighting the corruption. Now he leads Scathach Banneret Company's elite strike team on a mission to recover a clandestine starship lost on Cato. On this storm-lashed world, surrounded by shadow and ruin, Cassimer faces not only failure, but the loss of what little sanity he has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy and Cassimer must trust each other long enough to uncover Cato's dark secret and work together to survive deranged cultists, terrorist rebels, and the IRON TRUTH.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. a. Tholin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9198985906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789198985900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e S.A. Tholin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"S. a. Tholin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450422407423,"sku":"9789198985900","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80d3cda9-f251-49db-a76f-0409005b83e6.jpg?v=1777267670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iron-truth-s-a-tholin-9789198985900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}