{"product_id":"pikes-purpose-john-spearman-9798185012925","title":"Pike's Purpose","description":"The Hegemony is falling, but a new terror is rising in the shadows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Harkness is a woman of many faces-and even more secrets. While her official role is as a project administrator for the Reconstruction, Investment \u0026amp; Development Agency (RIDA), her \"extracurricular\" activities involve hunting the thirteen warlords who turned Alliance planets into their private despotic playgrounds. She is the shadow that provides the justice the government is too slow to deliver. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Sarah isn't as invisible as she thinks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpecial Agent Hugh Ryan has been watching. He doesn't want to arrest her; he wants to recruit her. The Alliance is flying blind in the Hegemony, and Sarah's connection to the powerful Shimano Brotherhood is the only key to an intelligence network that can prevent total galactic collapse \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, Sarah and Hugh must go undercover as a wealthy couple in the heart of the United Worlds. Their mission: infiltrate the capital of Perseus, outmaneuver the brilliant but dangerous spymaster Damian Simon, and stop the psychopathic Francisco Marquardt before his reign of terror turns entire systems into graveyards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Admiral Sandy Pike prepares the Alliance Navy for a war that seems inevitable, Sarah and Hugh must walk a razor's edge. In a game where the banks are calling in their debts and the \"disappeared\" are mounting by the thousands, one wrong move won't just end their lives-it will ignite a fire that burns the galaxy to ash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoy classic space opera with tactical ship combat, compelling characters, and intricate world-building, you'll be captivated by book four of \u003ci\u003eLieutenant Commander Pike, Pike's Passage\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePick up your copy and join Commander Pike on his journey today!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Spearman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185012925\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\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.58d","brand":"John Spearman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174180561151,"sku":"9798185012925","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40cce1df-b6c2-43bc-803e-9b87ebe8db84.jpg?v=1788958257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pikes-purpose-john-spearman-9798185012925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}