{"product_id":"9781250907417","title":"To Challenge Heaven","description":"Author: David Weber\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781250907417\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tor Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third entry into the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series, \u003ci\u003eTo Challenge Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e brings another thrilling adventure from the masters of military science fiction, David Weber and Chris Kennedy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn a universe teeming with predators, humanity needs friends. And fast.\u003c\/i\u003e We've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. We took the technology they left behind, and rapidly built ourselves into a starfaring civilization. Because we haven't got a moment to lose. Because it's clear that there are even more powerful, more hostile aliens out there, and Earth needs allies. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... \u003ci\u003ewasn't\u003c\/i\u003e an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting cats-paw for the Founders, the ancient alliance of very old, very evil aliens who run the Hegemony that dominates our galaxy, and who hold the Shongairi, as they hold most non-Founder species, in not-so-benign contempt. Indeed, it may turn out to be possible to turn the Shongairi into \u003ci\u003eour\u003c\/i\u003e allies against the Hegemony. There's just the small matter of the Shongairi honor code, which makes \u003ci\u003ebushido\u003c\/i\u003e look like a child's game. We might be able to make them our friends -- \u003ci\u003eif \u003c\/i\u003ewe can crush their planetary defenses in the greatest battle we, or they, have ever seen...","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524181840030,"sku":"TLD-9781250907417","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781250907417.jpg?v=1771389574","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781250907417","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}