{"title":"Roger LeDoux","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"donovans-gambit-paperback","title":"Donovan's Gambit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree hundred years ago, the Harvest began with a single mistake.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZara remembers the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the galaxy, she is an ancient guardian, a silent witness left behind by a vanished civilization to watch over the younger races. For centuries, she has obeyed her oldest rule: observe, record, and never interfere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the Afltic return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relentless hive-mind species that does not conquer, negotiate, or show mercy, the Afltic exist for one purpose: to consume. Worlds vanish. Fleets fail. Civilizations discover too late that their greatest weapons only feed the swarm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo save a species that does not yet understand the danger, Zara turns to an unlikely ally: Colonel Drake Donovan, a retired soldier who has already paid the price of war and only wants to be left in peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut peace was always the illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs humanity is dragged into a conflict older and darker than anyone imagined, Donovan must make an impossible choice: protect Earth by staying hidden, or risk everything to unite a fractured galaxy against an enemy that feeds on life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDonovan's Gambit\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in \u003cem\u003eThe Donovan Ascendancy\u003c\/em\u003e, an epic first-contact science fiction thriller about ancient secrets, alien invasion, sacrifice, and the terrible cost of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841220477151,"sku":"9798901483268","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/h_xzMJeELo9798901483268.webp?v=1790815962"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/roger-ledoux.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}