{"product_id":"chaining-the-lady-paperback","title":"Chaining the Lady - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePiers Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn alien being is out to save the galaxy in book two of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author's Cluster series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaining the Lady\u003c\/i\u003e is the second \u003ci\u003eCluster\u003c\/i\u003e book. Melody, a product of Flint and the Andromedan's mating in \u003ci\u003eCluster\u003c\/i\u003e, must save the Milky Way Galaxy and create a place where creatures can transfer without limitations. Melody must survive in worlds unknown and alien to her and she does that where others fail when her aura augments her skills and abilities. The book opens with the discovery that Andromeda, the enemy galaxy of the first novel, has discovered the secret of involuntary hosting: a Kirlian aura that is sufficiently stronger than that of an individual can take possession of that individual. Andromeda has secretly infiltrated the highest levels of government in Sphere Sol and its allies and resurrect its plot to steal the energy of the Milky Way. Melody of Mintaka, a direct descendant of Flint of Outworld and his Andromedan nemesis, has a Kirlian aura of well over two hundred. She is pressed into service to \"possess\" and interrogate a captured Andromedan transferee. Melody, hosted in the young and beautiful body of Yael of Dragon, must, like her progenitor Flint, find a way to defeat the Andromedan threat and save the galaxy. The mysterious Ancients are present again in the form of their artifacts and sites. The themes of Tarot and of various myths of Sphere Sol (in this case that of Perseus and Andromeda) play a big part this novel. The InterSphere fleet of starships has forms analogous to the Tarot suits of Disks, Cups, Wands, and Swords.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiers Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e has written dozens of bestselling science fiction and fantasy novels. Perhaps best known for his long-running Xanth series, many of which are \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, he has also had great success with the Incarnations of Immortality series and the Cluster series, as well as \u003ci\u003eBio of a Space Tyrant \u003c\/i\u003eand others. Much more information about Piers Anthony can be found at www.HiPiers.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117224988807,"sku":"9781497637672","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4507f11def4de4db5ff63590f97ac6c0.webp?v=1732522549","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chaining-the-lady-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}