{"product_id":"the-bellerophon-incident-john-bailey-9798185296271","title":"The Bellerophon Incident","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a war fought across the stars, the most important battles are the ones no one ever records.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Year 17 of the Anglo-Aurigan War. Convoy after convoy is vanishing from Allied supply routes-seven ships at a time, without warning, without wreckage. When intelligence analyst Dorothea Marsh overlays nine impossible loss events on a single star chart, every line points to one place: \u003cb\u003eBellerophon\u003c\/b\u003e, a civilian world under Aurigan occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA commando strike would announce exactly what the Admiralty knows. A conventional spy operation has failed six times already. What the mission requires is someone the Aurigans are not looking for-someone stepping into the identity of an enemy officer killed fourteen months ago in a transit accident, whose death was never recorded in Bellerephon's files.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat someone is \u003cb\u003eNathan Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e, a civilian astro-cartographer who has never carried a weapon in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an occupied world watched over by the meticulous Captain Viktor Stahl-a security officer with an uncanny talent for detecting deception-Nathan must master a dead man's identity, navigate a resistance movement fractured between urgency and caution, and locate an enemy installation capable of erasing entire convoys from space. Alongside him is \u003cb\u003eEliza Fairchild\u003c\/b\u003e, a former schoolteacher whose quiet courage has kept the resistance alive through two years of occupation, and who understands that patience and precise timing are weapons as powerful as any fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe window is closing. The convoys keep disappearing. And Stahl is beginning to notice that something about Lieutenant Gregor Weis does not quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bellerophon Incident\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, atmospheric thriller in the tradition of classic wartime espionage drama-reimagined among the stars. It is a story about impersonation under pressure, resistance under occupation, and the kind of courage that leaves no monuments behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Alastair Reynolds, John Scalzi, and the espionage novels of John le Carré-for readers who want their science fiction thrilling, thoughtful, and rooted in timeless questions of loyalty, sacrifice, and the price of freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185296271\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\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"John Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174118531327,"sku":"9798185296271","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bellerophon-incident-john-bailey-9798185296271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}