{"product_id":"whither-the-whales-edward-mumbauer-9798199493352","title":"Whither the Whales: A novel of the Q'ma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"They traveled 150 light years... not to conquer a new world - but to give one away.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn the shadow of the approaching rogue planet Shiva, humanity makes one final, desperate attempt to save its most ancient and intelligent fellow creatures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommodore Patricia Bailey leads a small expedition to a distant star system in search of a new ocean world capable of sustaining Earth's whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Sailing with her are the survey ships Narwhal and Beluga, each carrying a handful of elite officers and three dolphins whose knowledge will be essential to the success of the mission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe A-Dam-Ah system appears to offer everything they need-warm, living oceans on a scale that could support the great whales for generations. But as the crews begin their surveys, they uncover something far older and more significant than a new home for the cetaceans. On the twin planets lie the ruins of a lost civilization, a place the ancients called the City of t'Zion. What they find there forces them to confront truths about humanity's past that have been deliberately erased across millions of years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhither the Whales is a story of duty, sacrifice, and the long memory of the deep. It follows both the humans tasked with preserving a species not their own and the cetaceans who must decide what kind of future they are willing to fight for. Set in the universe of Shiva Comes, this is a tale of two peoples bound together at the end of an age, carrying what they can of Earth into an uncertain future among the stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Mumbauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199493352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Edward Mumbauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097361129727,"sku":"9798199493352","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whither-the-whales-edward-mumbauer-9798199493352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}