{"product_id":"the-ghost-in-the-heart-zach-parker-9798335768665","title":"The Ghost in the Heart of Tarven: A Science Fiction Fantasy Corporate Espionage Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ghost in the Heart of Tarven is a science fiction corporate espionage novella with a Midcentury Americana vibe and more than a dash of fantasy and office banter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudeng Corporation has done the improbable. They have developed a device inserted just below the heart that makes people live three times longer. But the Heart of Tarven is more a miracle than a scientific breakthrough. The source of its power and the mechanism by which it operates are a mystery. Not even the brightest minds in the Shilloan Empire have been able to reverse-engineer the technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat makes the Heart of Tarven beat?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the question that drives Dian Corporation to send Birik Lev, a failed scientist and disappointing son of privilege, to infiltrate Ludeng in a desperate attempt to rescue its falling stock price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis only source inside is a fellow new employee, Adiri Roni, a failed entrepreneur falling back on a corporate career, who is fascinated by the Lost Gods, the once deities of the Shilloan Empire who left Their people millennia ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirik finds the laboratory that birthed the Heart holds more than machinery and test tubes. He finds lies, love, consequences, and an Old Power all but forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zach Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798335768665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Zach Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852484849919,"sku":"9798335768665","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ghost-in-the-heart-zach-parker-9798335768665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}