{ "item_title" : "Shatter Time", "item_author" : [" Robert E. Vardeman "], "item_description" : "Time Crystals DestroyedUniverse in danger Someone is sabotaging the temporal crystal mining operation that makes interstellar travel possible. Worse than losing the ability of faster than light travel, the fate of an entire world hangs in the balance. If the Time Crystal Divers are unable to scoop up the star core stuff from the Ripple, they and their planet are doomed.Remy is not a detective but he needs a new time crystal for his ship. The Time Crystal Divers promise one if he stop the pirates responsible for the murder of scoop ship pilots and the destruction of their specially equipped spaceships. An old enemy? A new rival? Both in alliance against him? He and his crew must find how the sabotage is done and stop it-or he will be stranded on a world not his own. Even worse, interstellar trade will cease and all the planets will be isolated forever.Join Remy, his robot Click Bait and the Jack of All Trades as they unravel time itself in a thrilling adventure in Engineering Infinity.Q: Tell us about how the book came about.Robert E. Vardeman: Exploring the cosmos hinted at in Dust of Stars is partly the reason for writing this second novel in the science fiction series. A key element is the FTL drive that uses time travel to move between the stars. This novel develops the hard science mechanism as well as showing a key colonized planet in this universe. The genetically altered Crystal Time Divers live on Metronome, turning themselves into human calculators because radiation from the black hole they mine for material to make the temporal crystals destroys AI and quantum computers. The space battles and laser cannon attacks are not enough to save their world. Only Remy, desperate for a new time crystal for his own ship, can save them with his cunning tactics and boundless courage.Q: What's next?Robert E. Vardeman: Shatter Time details the hard science (and outright pure imagination ) behind the time altering FTL drive, as well as showing some of the colonization by genetically altered humans who are more alien than even the amorphous blobs and non-humanoid creatures abounding in the Engineering Infinity universe. Remy needs help and his sister can provide it-as detailed in The Crown Joule, which explores the exotic life forms and intrigue in a different segment of this universe and introduces a new alien artifact that will change all their lives.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/867/686/9798676863906_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "9.99", "online_price" : "9.99", "our_price" : "9.99", "club_price" : "9.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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