{"product_id":"zero-sum-galaxy-thomas-brookside-9798254321040","title":"Zero Sum Galaxy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaster-than-light travel made every first strike fatal to its target, and turned every war into a war of extermination. On a space station orbiting a distant star, humanity's last hope for survival is a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecurity investigator Jack Borman has one job: find the defector. Viktor Slayton - brilliant, idealistic, and dangerously well-informed - has gone missing with stolen files that could destabilize the entire Eta Leonis colony system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the deeper Jack goes, the more he suspects that the real conspiracy isn't about what Slayton stole. It's about what Slayton knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZero Sum Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in \u003ci\u003eThe Logic of Games\u003c\/i\u003e, a science fiction thriller series set aboard a generation station where FTL travel, resource scarcity, and the mathematics of interstellar war have produced a society built on careful, necessary deception - and one investigator who is about to learn what that deception has been protecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Alastair Reynolds, John Scalzi, and the political thrillers of John le Carré transplanted to the far edge of human space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe complete first trilogy - Zero Sum Galaxy, Veil of Ignorance, and Mutual Defection Round - is available now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Brookside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254321040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"Thomas Brookside","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172824490239,"sku":"9798254321040","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zero-sum-galaxy-thomas-brookside-9798254321040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}