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The species Ro's own small civilization, with its dwindling resources and withering reach, \u003ci\u003eneeds\u003c\/i\u003e to know more about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt will feel real, \u003c\/i\u003e his elders impressed upon him.\u003ci\u003e It will never be real.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Ro's certainty runs deep: he will be different. Ro will not be an imposter hiding the truth of his past, because his heart will be one of them. \u003ci\u003eHe\u003c\/i\u003e will be one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo understand is to become. It never occurs to him that the mere act of understanding can destroy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. L. Huang is a Hollywood stunt performer, firearms expert, and Hugo Award winner who has been a finalist for a Nebula, Locus, and BSFA Awards as well as the ALA Carnegie Medal. Huang has a math degree from MIT and credits in productions like \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTop Shot\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Water Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBurning Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the Cas Russell novels, Huang's short fiction has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e, and more, including numerous best-of anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.26 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49823274467570,"sku":"9781250405333","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/4452\/2738\/files\/VHMseAgngV9781250405333.webp?v=1784508567"},{"product_id":"after-the-fall-hardcover","title":"After the Fall - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, \u003ci\u003eAfter The Fall\u003c\/i\u003e by Edward Ashton, author of \u003ci\u003eMickey7 \u003c\/i\u003e(inspiration for the film \u003ci\u003eMickey 17\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003easks an important question: would humans \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e make great pets?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumans must be silent. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumans must be obedient. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumans must be good\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll his life, John has tried to live by those rules. Most days, it's not too difficult. A hundred and twenty years after The Fall, and a hundred years after the grays swept in to pick the last dregs of humanity out of the wreckage of a ruined world, John has found himself bonded to Martok Barden nee Black Hand, one of the \"good\" grays. Sure, Martok is broke, homeless, and borderline manic, but he's always treated John like an actual person, and sometimes like a friend. It's a better deal than most humans get. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Martok puts John's bond up as collateral against an abandoned house in the woods that he hopes to turn into a wilderness retreat for wealthy grays, John learns that there are limits to Martok's friendship. Soon he finds himself caught between an underworld boss who thinks Martok is something that he very much is not, a girl who was raised by feral humans and has nothing but contempt for \u003ci\u003epets \u003c\/i\u003elike John, and Martok himself, whose delusions of grandeur seem to be finally catching up with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso, not for nothing, something in the woods has been killing people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn has sixty days before Martok's loan comes due to unravel the mystery of how humans wound up holding the wrong end of the domestication stick and find a way to turn Martok's half-baked plans into profit enough to buy back his life, all while avoiding getting butchered by feral humans or having his head crushed by an angry gray. 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