{"product_id":"not-built-for-freedom-gorg-huff-9798292001904","title":"Not Built for Freedom","description":"The ship was a \u003ci\u003emonkey's paw\u003c\/i\u003e of an inheritance. It had been intended as such, but it also couldn't be avoided. Arnold Bellamy didn't go looking for it or even find it on a beach, it found him.\u003cbr\u003eThe ship wanted, needed, an owner. It had been designed that way. It was also under orders. Shoven, its former owner, had wanted more than anything to keep it out of the hands of his creditors. If it caused the destruction of an alien race that was just a bonus.\u003cbr\u003eThat was where the cursed part came in. As much as Shoven didn't want his ship to fall into Tarkiv's tentacles, that was how much Tarkiv wanted the ship. Not out of need or even desire for the ship itself but simply to take it from Shoven.\u003cbr\u003eThe extinction of the human race wasn't the goal. Just a minor unimportant side effect.\u003cbr\u003ePest control.\u003cbr\u003eArnold could grab his family and run. That would probably work. Of course, the Earth would still be destroyed. The high ground advantage meant that Earth lacked the means to stop hundreds of extinction level asteroids sent their way. That was assuming that the repossession ships didn't just stand off and blow the hell out of the planet with nukes or lasers.\u003cbr\u003eArnold decided to stay and fight. He named the robot brain that ran the ship James and the ship itself, he named the \u003ci\u003eBlack Star\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eThen he got to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gorg Huff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798292001904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Gorg Huff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114036179199,"sku":"9798292001904","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6636741a-0944-4d55-9aa3-ebd514164d40.jpg?v=1769618712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-built-for-freedom-gorg-huff-9798292001904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}