{"product_id":"book-zxp9","title":"Homecoming","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe UFS \u003cem\u003ePhoenix \u003c\/em\u003eis finally homeward bound. On the way is Tuki Station, in barabo space, hit just now by a force of sard ships, working in concert with a larger invasion from alo space. An alo and deepynine fleet has attacked, and humanity's forces are in turmoil despite all of \u003cem\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/em\u003e's efforts over the past three years to prepare them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia leads the assault, Styx's old AI queen nemesis from the Drysine\/Deepynine War, the greatest armed conflict in Spiral history, 25,000 years ago. But what does Nia seek? Is she after the drysine data-core, which \u003cem\u003ePhoenix \u003c\/em\u003erecovered nearly three years ago? Does she pursue members of the Debogande family visiting Hoffen Station, as a way to get at \u003cem\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/em\u003e's captain personally? And if she's making a full-scale attempt to remove humanity as a strategic threat, why do her battle plans look so odd?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia is the greatest synthetic military mind in history, save for Styx. Human Fleet desperately needs Styx's help, yet Supreme Commander Mazungu is terrified of ceding her, and \u003cem\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/em\u003e, too much power. And now Styx herself has competition, as \u003cem\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/em\u003e's shipboard AI Shali has just acquired a massive analysis program from reeh space, designed specifically to map Nia's mind and beat her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can Nia be predicted, before it's all too late?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50572048400688,"sku":"ZEzxp9","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/zxp9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774380637","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-zxp9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}