{"product_id":"9781982191887","title":"The Godel Operation (The Billion Worlds)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA droid and his boy, on a search for a legendary weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaslakh is an AI with a problem. Its favorite human, a young man named Zee, is in love with a woman who never existed—and he will scour the Solar System to find her, and drag Daslakh along for the ride. But in the Tenth Millennium a billion worlds circle the Sun—everything from terraformed planets to artificial habitats, home to a quadrillion beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaslakh's nicely settled life gets more complicated when Zee helps a woman named Adya escape a gang of crooks. This gets the pair caught up in the hunt for the Godel Trigger, a legendary weapon left over from an ancient war between humans and machines—which could spell the end of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn their search, they face a criminal cat and her henchmen, a paranoid supermind with a giant laser, the greatest thief in history, and a woman who might actually be Zee's lost love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's up to Daslakh to save civilization, keep Zee's love life on the right track—and make sure that nobody discovers the real secret of the Godel Trigger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout The Godel Operation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"With this freewheeling story of an ancient, cunning artificial intelligence and its naïve human companion, Cambias (The Initiate) mashes humor, mystery, and looming apocalypse into a roundly satisfying space epic. . . . With plenty of fun moments along the way, this raucous adventure through the solar system's distant future will appeal to any fan of lighter science fiction.\"—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Arkad's World:\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Far-flung adventure . . . Cambias offers up an entertaining coming-of-age novel filled with action and surprises. His aliens are suitably non-human in mannerisms, attitudes, and objectives, and his worldbuilding suggests a vast universe ready for further exploration. Readers . . . will find this hits the spot.\"—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\". . . a classic quest story, a well-paced series of encounters with different folk along the way, building momentum toward a final confrontation with Arkad's past . . . [with] a delicious twist to the end.\"—ALA Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Cambias has achieved a feat of world-building: an expansive, believable setting with fascinating aliens, compelling mysteries, and a rich sense of history.\"—Bookpage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Drop a teenage boy into a distant planet chock full of colorful aliens—with troubles all their own. Stir, flavor, apply heat. A tour de force in the field, and great, quick fun.\"—Gregory Benford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the work of James L. Cambias:\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written, with a story that captures the imagination the way SF should.\"—Booklist, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging nail-biter that is exciting, fun and a satisfying read.\"—The Qwillery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An impressive debut by a gifted writer.\"—Publishers Weekly starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An exceptionally thoughtful, searching and intriguing debut.\"—Kirkus starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"James Cambias will be one of the century's major names in hard science fiction.\"—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Red Planet Blues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fast-paced, pure quill hard science fiction. . . . Cambias delivers adroit plot pivots that keep the suspense coming.\"—Gregory Benford, Nebula Award-winning author of Timescape\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418553872695,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":48.7,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9781982191887","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}