{"product_id":"murder-on-argus-paperback","title":"Murder on Argus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShawn Conners\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Jareen's body turns up in the recycling pile on Argus Station. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo marks.\u003cbr\u003eNo struggle.\u003cbr\u003eNo explanation.\u003cbr\u003eThe station logs show nothing went wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Dr. Jareen is still dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn enigmatic list scribbled moments before his death: Project Argus. The Watchers. Breach. Koplyck. Melas. Barbarant. Song. And at the bottom, underlined twice: Delia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective Constable Dack Speedle has spent twelve years policing Argus Station, a BarCor commerce hub orbiting a lonely star at the edge of inhabited space. He has seen everything under the sun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has never seen anything like this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe suspect list runs from an emotionally distant widow to an overly eager research assistant. From a nervous recycling chief to a mysterious cabaret owner. From a corporate enforcer to the Argus Chief Optimizer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat research was Dr. Jareen working on that somebody would kill for?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Project Argus and who authorized it?\u003cbr\u003eWhere is Paka Symone? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeedle is trying to reconstruct the events, but at every turn he slams in to a wall. A BarCor wall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe investigation will take Speedle from the gritty Lower Decks of the station to the sprawling so-called Cathedral on the barren surface of Eos, where BarCor has built itself an empire in the ruins of a planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sixteen-year-old girl found the body.\u003cbr\u003eShe saw the face of the killer.\u003cbr\u003eShe stayed when she could have walked away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe should have walked away.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878100623667,"sku":"9781937021238","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UQIDd1EyOJ9781937021238.webp?v=1787191497","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/murder-on-argus-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}