{"product_id":"lines-of-thunder-walter-blaire-9780997814613","title":"Lines of Thunder: The First Days on the Front","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe's the only sane soldier on the eternal front, and it's enough to drive him mad.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGole Naremsa is new to the trenches of the Eternal Front. Despite a lifetime of training and a genetic inheritance that makes him a born warrior, it's not what he expects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis problems start on the first day, after a misunderstanding that leaves his new sergeant stunned on the ground. One blindly thrown punch, one \u003ci\u003eminor\u003c\/i\u003e accident with a noisy corpse, and now he's an example for the rest of the new replacements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's shaping up to be a race between who will kill Gole first: the increasingly dangerous enemy in the far trenches, or his own unit. At least the enemy isn't rude about it!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...Gritty and clever...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...with a dark humor...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWalter Blaire's \u003ci\u003eLines of Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e books follow the modern space opera tradition of Iain M. Banks, Vernor Vinge, and Walter Jon Williams. This short novel visits characters from other books, but it can be read as a standalone adventure. (140-page science fiction coming-of-age adventure.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Blaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997814616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997814613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Selkie, Grimm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Walter Blaire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742414549247,"sku":"9780997814613","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lines-of-thunder-walter-blaire-9780997814613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}