{"product_id":"marshal-of-the-morlock-reach-peter-ullian-9781735247632","title":"Marshal of the Morlock Reach: A Chronicle of the Royal Nixonian Galactic Imperium","description":"\u003cp\u003eConscripted to fight in the War of the Southern Sky, Yoni Kestenbaum was plucked away from his home in the Morlock Reach by the Royal Nixonian Galactic Imperium when he was just eighteen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, after ten brutal years of war and ten only moderately less brutal years in Imperial law enforcement, Yoni returns to the Reach as a Royal Constabulary Deputy Marshal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe assumes he's been assigned the posting as punishment for showing more integrity than loyalty. He soon discovers the real reason - because no one else wanted the job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Morlock Reach is at the edge of the Imperium, home to both despised non-human species and disfavored human cultures. They form the rural peasantry and the industrial proletariat of the empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Imperium calls them \"Morlocks,\" a term pilfered from \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e by H.G. Wells. That's the politest thing they call them. The rest is unprintable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reach is full of deposits of the ore, energy crystals, and quantum quartz that fuel the empire's expansion. Everyone gets rich off this bounty -- except the Morlocks, who extract it from the Reach's planets, moons, and asteroids under the most dangerous conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey say you can't go home again. Finding himself in a place both familiar and unwelcoming, Yoni thinks that might be true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Morlocks don't know if they can trust him. The Imperial authorities don't know if they can control him. Yoni discovers the only person on whom he can rely is his artificially-constructed personal assistant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's not sure she even likes him that much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoni just wants to uphold the law without upholding the empire's tyranny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasier said than done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ullian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735247634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735247632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swamp Angel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Peter Ullian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588512690431,"sku":"9781735247632","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marshal-of-the-morlock-reach-peter-ullian-9781735247632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}