{"product_id":"the-pioneers-wes-young-9798994677001","title":"The Pioneers: Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pioneers: Awakening\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook One of The Pioneers Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarth is dying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs global war and runaway artificial intelligence tear civilization apart, humanity's final hope slips quietly into the dark: Pioneer, a deep-space ark carrying five hundred sleepers toward Alpha Centauri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommanded by General Marcus Roberson, the mission is simple in theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvive.\u003cbr\u003eArrive.\u003cbr\u003eBegin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the universe has other plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Pioneer's jump does not go as planned, it does not simply miss its mark, it arrives somewhere it was never meant to reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberson and his executive officer, Danielle Hatch, remain awake to assess the damage, working through incomplete data, unreliable systems, and a trajectory that no longer makes sense. Every calculation leads to the same conclusion: they are far beyond their expected destination, with no clear way to correct course and no certainty of where, or when, they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith no viable alternative, they make a final decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they awaken, Pioneer has been intercepted by the Imperium, a vast interstellar civilization that claims it has been expecting Pioneer... for three hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd their arrival has not gone unnoticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Imperial borders, ancient forces known as the Shadows are stirring, entities tied to something far older than the Imperium itself. Their presence is not always seen, but felt...influence without clear origin, contact without understanding, and consequences that linger long after the moment has passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Roberson is drawn into a role far greater than command of a single ship, something within him begins to change. Visions. Fragments of memory. Physical alterations he cannot explain. A connection to the Shadows that may reach further back than the mission itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumanity came to the stars seeking survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may have found something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pioneers: Awakening\u003c\/b\u003e is a sweeping science-fiction epic of first contact, exile, and transformation...where the greatest question is not whether humanity survives, but what it becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wes Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994677001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wes Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Wes Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001614049535,"sku":"9798994677001","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pioneers-wes-young-9798994677001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}