{"product_id":"book-lmlg","title":"Orphans of the Void","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrphans of the Void\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eby Michael Shaara - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding a cause worth dying for is no great trick-the Universe is full of them. Finding one worth living for is the genuine problem!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the region of the Coal Sack Nebula, on the dead fourth planet of a star called Tyban, Captain Steffens of the Mapping Command stood counting buildings. Eleven. No, twelve. He wondered if there was any significance in the number. He had no idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What do you make of it?\" he asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Ball, the executive officer of the ship, almost tried to scratch his head before he remembered that he was wearing a spacesuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Looks like a temporary camp,\" Ball said. \"Very few buildings, and all built out of native materials, the only stuff available. Castaways, maybe?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteffens was silent as he walked up onto the rise. The flat weathered stone jutted out of the sand before him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No inscriptions,\" he pointed out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They would have been worn away. See the wind grooves? Anyway, there's not another building on the whole damn planet. You wouldn't call it much of a civilization.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You don't think these are native?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBall said he didn't. Steffens nodded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding there and gazing at the stone, Steffens felt the awe of great age. He had a hunch, deep and intuitive, that this was old-\u003cem\u003etoo\u003c\/em\u003e old. He reached out a gloved hand, ran it gently over the smooth stone ridges of the wall. Although the atmosphere was very thin, he noticed that the buildings had no airlocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBall's voice sounded in his helmet: \"Want to set up shop, Skipper?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteffens paused. \"All right, if you think it will do any good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49688234197296,"sku":"BDlmlg","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/lmlg-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771292248","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-lmlg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}