{"product_id":"skirmishes-a-diving-novel-hardcover","title":"Skirmishes: A Diving Novel - Hardcover","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\u003eKristine Kathryn Rusch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers Captain Jonathon \"Coop\" Cooper and the crew of the \u003cem\u003eIvoire\u003c\/em\u003e seek lie in the Boneyards. But they must wait for Boss and her team to dive it, explore the wrecks, and piece together what happened in that faraway place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoss loves the challenge. Thousands of ships, centuries of history, all play to her strengths. In her absence, she trusts Coop to defend the Nine Planets Alliance against the Enterran Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut an encounter from Coop's recent past shows up to haunt him, an encounter he never told Boss about, an encounter that could threaten her future, his life, and the fragile peace between the Alliance and the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Skirmishes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A combination of first-person and third-person narrative and flashback segments makes this a complex and compelling story. It's like having three tales in one, with an added peek into the bad guys' activities, all of them intriguing, classic science fiction. It leaves the reader eager to explore this universe again and see what will happen next with these characters.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--RT Book Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Diving Universe, conceived buy Hugo-Award winning author Kristine  Kathryn] Rusch is a refreshingly new and fleshed out realm of sci-fi action and adventure. And the latest offering...doesn't disappoint.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Dave Dickinson, \u003cem\u003eAstroguyz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The latest Diving Universe science fiction (see \u003cem\u003eCity of Ruins, Diving Into The Wreck \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Boneyards\u003c\/em\u003e) is a fabulous outer space thriller that rotates perspective between the divers, the Alliance and to a lesser degree the Empire. Action-packed and filled with twists yet allowing the reader to understand the motives of the key players, \u003cem\u003eSkirmishes\u003c\/em\u003e is another intelligent exciting voyage into the Rusch Diving universe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Midwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's adventure, suspense, intrigue, and not a few surprises, all in Rusch's quick, light prose. Boss, as much historian as salvager, reminds one of a Poul Anderson or Gordon R. Dickson protagonist. This is definitely a fun universe to visit: dive in \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Don Sakers, \u003cem\u003eAnalog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's adventure, suspense, intrigue, and not a few surprises, all in Rusch's quick, light prose.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--The Reference Library\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52550471680307,"sku":"9781561461899","price":44.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/doAZcPW2Ek9781561461899.webp?v=1761076433","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/skirmishes-a-diving-novel-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}