{"product_id":"the-worshippers-and-the-way-hugh-cook-9781963191172","title":"The Worshippers and the Way","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsodo Hatch and Lupus Lon Oliver are the top cadets at the Combat College - fierce rivals and the two best hopes for the Stormforce of the Nexus. Only one of them can graduate as instructor, and their final examination will pit them against each other in a contest where hesitation means losing everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Worshippers and the Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the book where Cook presses the big red button on his worldbuilding... The Worshippers and the Way takes off the brake and dials everything to eleven.\" - Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo-winning author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enemy behind us,\" said the single-fighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Hatch slammed the fighter into a wrenching turn, a turn so savage he had to tighten his stomach muscles to keep himself from passing out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there was his enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his sights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe enemy for real? Or a drone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHatch hesitated, just for a moment, and a moment was far too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsodo Hatch and Lupus Lon Oliver had already established themselves as the best of the best at the Combat College, which was designed to produce Startroopers for the Stormforce of the Nexus. In just under a year, they would face the terminal examinations that would decide which one of them attained the lucrative position of instructor. There was only one instructor's position. And to win it, one would have to defeat the other in combat within the illusion tanks...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196319117X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963191172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zenphos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d","brand":"Hugh Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447309086975,"sku":"9781963191172","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_701d34d0-fdac-4877-a552-ee37f1eab87a.jpg?v=1777230247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-worshippers-and-the-way-hugh-cook-9781963191172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}