{"product_id":"the-last-station-blair-c-howard-9798998802409","title":"The Last Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome inheritances come with a price.\u003cbr\u003eSome legacies demand sacrifice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last Station is awakening, and with it, humanity's true purpose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf a million years ago, an ancient civilization seeded humanity with carefully engineered genetic markers. Now those markers are awakening.\u003cp\u003eWhen Commander Frances Drake of the Terran Coalition research vessel, Hawking, discovers an anomalous signal at the edge of known space, she uncovers humanity's true heritage-and the enemy determined to destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crystalline stations left behind by the Predecessors weren't just ruins; they were waiting for us. Designed for humans to find when we were ready to claim our inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Enemy that drove the Predecessors to extinction has returned. These beings of pure energy and crystal remember how their creators fell, and they won't allow another species to wield such power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Frances and her crew merge with technologies that rewrite the laws of physics, they begin a transformation that neither humanity nor the Enemy anticipated. The final war for survival will determine not just humanity's fate, but its evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Station is the first book in an epic new series that combines hard science fiction with cosmic evolution, where humanity's next step comes at the intersection of biological chaos and quantum technology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair C. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998802409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair C. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Blair C. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881286324479,"sku":"9798998802409","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96c5ba6d-d200-43f2-a5f4-e7b8156cebb5.jpg?v=1747971214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-station-blair-c-howard-9798998802409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}