{"product_id":"rebel-david-weber-9781668073476","title":"Rebel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook two in David Weber and Richard Fox\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003es Ascent to Empire series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHE NEVER WANTED TO BE A REBEL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation, control its political power and its wealth, and they've grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it's very good for business, in the short term, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy's ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces the weapons and matériel the war consumes so voraciously . . . and they've made damn sure someone else does the dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e True, there are a few flies in the Five Hundred's ointment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There's the growing hatred and resentment of the Fringe Worlds, whose children do eighty percent of the dying in the Five Hundred's war. But the Five Hundred have made sure the Fringe knows what will happen to any system that goes \"out of compliance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There are the lunatic conspiracy nuts who insist that the alien Rishathan Sphere is secretly aiding the League's military, but the Five Hundred have forced them to keep their mouths shut where it matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And then there's Terrence Murphy, a man of honor who loves the Federation, who springs from the Five Hundred, yet knows it for what it is and is determined to speak for its victims. But the Five Hundred have dispatched ample force to deal with him and his handful of lunatic followers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfortunately, the Fringe has paid enough of its children's lives, and it no longer cares what may happen if it dares to defy the Five Hundred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Worse, the lunatic conspiracy nuts were right, and the Rish have planned carefully for the Federation's destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And, worst of all, the Five Hundred have fatally underestimated Terrence Murphy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Weber,Richard Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668073471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668073476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs","brand":"David Weber","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperbound","offer_id":48623691792639,"sku":"9781668073476","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebel-david-weber-9781668073476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}