{"product_id":"starforge-core-paul-bowditch-9798252690506","title":"Starforge Core: Galactic Grand Prix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Alex Golby was never supposed to leave Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA teenager tinkerer with a passion for tech, racing games, and building weird inventions alongside his eccentric grandfather, Alex's world revolves around wires, code, and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the day a real UFO crashes behind his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrandad's cottage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the wreck is K'rrk, an insectoid pilot from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanother universe - part of the Galactic Grand Prix, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean interdimensional championship where alien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eracers compete for more than glory: they race for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe right to harness the Starforge Core, a legendary source of cosmic creation energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen K'rrk's co-pilot is injured, Alex's quick mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand fearless instincts earn him the unlikeliest promotion in the galaxy - Earth's first-ever co-pilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't just a race. Something darker is moving between the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rogue faction called the Vellatrix, long banned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom the Grand Prix, has returned. Led by a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emysterious entity known only as The Architect, they plan to corrupt the races, steal the Core's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efragments hidden across the circuits, and rewrite the very laws of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the jungles of Tharn-7 to the frozen cliffs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Glaciark, from the shifting machine-world of Mechaborealis to the depths of the oceanic Quorlian Rings, Alex and the Razor Comet crew must face sabotage, chaos, and impossible physics to uncover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe truth behind the Core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack on Earth, Professor Reuben Trelawney - Alex's brilliant, tea-fuelled, utterly mad inventor grandad - deciphers humanity's forgotten role in the original Starforge experiments. His discovery: the Core\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoesn't just respond to technology... it responds to emotion. And Alex's mind is the perfect match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the races collapse into the final circuit, The Nebulon Nexus, the Architect seizes control of the Grand Prix network. With the galaxy falling apart, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex connects with the Core itself, rallying every\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eracer - even his rivals - to unite instead of compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they restore the Starforge and stop the Architect's first plan of domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as peace returns, Reuben discovers that the war\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas only just begun. The Architect's final words echo across the stars: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The design is delayed... not destroyed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Bowditch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252690506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Paul Bowditch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173444231423,"sku":"9798252690506","price":8.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starforge-core-paul-bowditch-9798252690506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}