{"product_id":"9781982125561","title":"The Godel Operation : Volume 1 by James L. Cambias","description":"A DROID AND HIS BOY, ON A SEARCH FOR A LEGENDARY WEAPONDaslakh is an AI with a problem. Its favorite human, a young man named Zee, is in love with a woman who never existed - and he will scour the Solar System to find her. But in the Tenth Millennium a billion worlds circle the Sun-everything from terraformed planets to artificial habitats, home to a quadrillion beings.   Daslakh's nicely settled?life gets more complicated when Zee helps a woman named Adya escape a gang of crooks. This gets the pair caught up in the hunt for the Godel Trigger, a legendary weapon left over from an ancient war between humans and machines-which could spell the end of civilization.   In their search, they face a criminal cat and her henchmen, a paranoid supermind with a giant laser, the greatest thief in history, and a woman who might actually be Zee's lost love.   It's up to Daslakh to save civilization, keep Zee's love life on the right track-and make sure that nobody discovers the real secret of the Godel Trigger.   Praise for?Arkad's World:\"Far-flung adventure . . . Cambias offers up an entertaining coming-of-age novel filled with action and surprises. His aliens are suitably non-human in mannerisms, attitudes, and objectives, and his worldbuilding suggests a vast universe ready for further exploration. Readers . . . will find this hits the spot.\"-Publishers Weekly\". . . a classic quest story, a well-paced series of encounters with different folk along the way, building momentum toward a final confrontation with Arkad's past . . . [with] a delicious twist to the end.\"-ALA Booklist\"Cambias has achieved a feat of world-building: an expansive, believable setting with fascinating aliens, compelling mysteries, and a rich sense of history.\"-Bookpage\"Drop a teenage boy into a distant planet chock full of colorful aliens-with troubles all their own. Stir, flavor, apply heat. A tour de force in the field, and great, quick fun.\"-Gregory BenfordPraise for the work of James L. Cambias:\"Beautifully written, with a story that captures the imagination the way SF should.\"-Booklist,?starred review\"An engaging nail-biter that is exciting, fun and a satisfying read.\"-The Qwillery'\"An impressive debut by a gifted writer.\"-Publishers Weekly,?starred review\"An exceptionally thoughtful, searching and intriguing debut.\"-Kirkus,?starred review\"James Cambias will be one of the century's major names in hard science fiction.\"-Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of?Red Planet Blues\"Fast-paced, pure quill hard science fiction. . . . Cambias delivers adroit plot pivots that keep the suspense coming.\"-Gregory Benford, Nebula Award-winning author of?Timescape\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309409218933,"sku":"9781982125561","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781982125561.jpg?v=1762811709","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781982125561","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}