{"product_id":"semper-mars-paperback","title":"Semper Mars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Year is 2040.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war. The USMC -- a branch of a military considered, until just recently, to be obsolete -- has dispatched the Marine Mars Expeditionary Force, a thirty-man weapons platoon, to the Red Planet to protect American civilians and interest with lethal force if necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause great powers are willing to devastate a world in order to keep an ancient secret buried. Because something that was hidden in the Martian dust for half a million years has just been unearthed . . . something that calls into question every belief that forms the delicate foundation of civilization . . .\u003cp\u003eSomething inexplicably human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 6.86 x 4.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42094000275591,"sku":"9780380788286","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/af4d1711c162b98c7f59f082b873f0bd.webp?v=1732316735","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/semper-mars-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}