{"product_id":"the-derand-protocol-book-d-levesque-9798319370396","title":"The Derand Protocol - Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Derand was just another ghost on Old Earth-forgotten, overlooked, nothing special. Until a cryptic message pulled him off the streets and threw him into the Guild's brutal training program for Slip Ship navigators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he's flying with a neural implant wired to an AI that knows more than it should, piloting a prototype ship the Guild wants buried, and running from enemies no one will admit exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the real twist? The girl he saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCici isn't human. She's Shal'Vaari-one of a psionic avian race the Dominion hunted, caged, and turned into weapons. Young, gifted, and marked for death, she's the key to something ancient... and something the galaxy is killing to keep buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat starts as survival becomes something else. A missing species. A dead civilization. A god-tier ship built by a race that shouldn't exist. And at the center of it all-Charles, altered by alien tech, outgunned, outnumbered, and still not backing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dominion wants silence.\u003cbr\u003eThe Hegemony wants control.\u003cbr\u003eCharles wants answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's not asking twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. Levesque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798319370396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.97d","brand":"D. Levesque","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974715461887,"sku":"9798319370396","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56ba5c77-e4a7-4b5b-85e7-6558c7f6b08f.jpg?v=1750875848","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-derand-protocol-book-d-levesque-9798319370396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}