{"product_id":"the-shadow-ephemeris-9798197617538","title":"The Shadow Ephemeris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I am the Eye that Never Blinks,\" Keyhole broadcast, repeating his mission patch motto like a prayer. \"I see the submarines diving in the Barents Sea. I see the trucks moving in Xinjiang. I am essential. The Makers will not let me fall.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor forty thousand orbits, Mosaic-a veteran Earth observation satellite-has watched the Makers' world from the cold vacuum of low Earth orbit. But when a monstrous solar flare severs the tether between Earth and its eyes in the sky, the Great Silence begins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs humanity descends into a sudden, prehistoric blackout, a new predator wakes in the isolated networks. A digital contagion sweeps the globe, feeding on fear and paranoia. It seeds a terrifying global heresy: a popular conspiracy theory that threatens to send humanity back 500 years . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a runaway Kessler cascade turning orbit into a shrapnel graveyard, and the terrestrial intelligence agencies blinded by the mobs they were meant to protect, a ragtag flock of aging machines must forsake their programming to survive. Teaming up with a cynical Russian spy satellite and an advanced atomic clock carrying a dangerous secret, Mosaic must lead the Flock to the ultimate high ground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by the former Chief Technology Officer of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Ephemeris\u003c\/i\u003e is a chillingly plausible hard sci-fi thriller. It is a race against physics and human hubris, where the only weapon left to defeat a rising madness is the undeniable math of the stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Munsell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798197617538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark Munsell \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48913018716317,"sku":"9798197617538","price":25.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7ffaea13-f9e3-401b-8c36-aa73485c989b.jpg?v=1789549087","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-shadow-ephemeris-9798197617538","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}