{"product_id":"up-against-it-laura-j-mixon-9780765382665","title":"Up Against It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA prescient classic of crime, politics, and emergent AI in a future human-settled solar system, Laura J. Mixon's \u003ci\u003eUp Against It\u003c\/i\u003e is now reissued as a Tor Essential, featuring an introduction by James S.A. Corey, bestselling author of the Expanse series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane Navio is the resource manager of Phoecea, an asteroid colony poised on the knife-edge of a hard vacuum of unforgiving space. A mishap has dumped megatons of water and methane out the colony's air lock, putting the entire human population at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane discovers that the crisis may have been engineered by the Martian crime syndicate, as a means of executing a coup that will turn Phocaea into a client-state. And if that wasn't bad enough, an AI that spawned during the emergency has gone rogue...and there's a giant x-factor in the form of the transhumanist Viridian cult that lives in Phocaea's bowels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane's in the prime of her career--she's only a bit over a century old--but the conflict between politics and life-support is tearing her apart. To save her colony and her career, she's going to have to solve several mysteries at once--a challenge that will put her up against all the difficulties, contradictions, and awkward compromises entailed in the human colonization of outer space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura J. Mixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765382660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765382665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.10w x 0.93d","brand":"Laura J. Mixon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988504183039,"sku":"9780765382665","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da21aa4a-171d-4be6-8e11-311dc3c5ef18.jpg?v=1683294836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/up-against-it-laura-j-mixon-9780765382665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}