{"product_id":"the-mercy-of-gods","title":"The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN INSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e USA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eExpanse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e comes a spectacular space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ “Masterful ... This is space opera at its best.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Carryx—part empire, part hive—have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand—and manipulate—the Carryx themselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is where his story begins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"The start of something truly epic.\"  ―Fonda Lee, author of Jade City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre.\"  ―Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A bang up read. I want more.\"  ―Paolo Bacigalupi, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Water Knife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful, provocative masterpiece that I will be thinking about for a very long time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Ryka Aoki, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLight from Uncommon Stars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor More from James S. A. 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