{"product_id":"books-shipstar-by-gregory-benford","title":"Shipstar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dramatic sequel to Larry Niven and Gregory Benford's New York Times bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eBowl of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience fiction masters Larry Niven (\u003ci\u003eRingworld\u003c\/i\u003e) and Gregory Benford (\u003ci\u003eTimescape\u003c\/i\u003e) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigating the Bowl, or Shipstar, the human explorers are separated--one group captured by the gigantic structure's alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape--while the mystery of the Shipstar's origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that transform their understanding of their place in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674853040401,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780765328700.jpg?v=1781535971","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-shipstar-by-gregory-benford","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}