{"product_id":"ruins","title":"Ruins: A Space Opera Anthology (Preorder)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital preorder. Delivers June 26th, 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEvery ruin tells a story.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the vast expanse of space and time lie the remnants of civilizations that reached for the stars—and vanished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilent cities carved into asteroids. Derelict megastructures drifting between galaxies. Temples buried beneath the red sands of dead worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book contains 13 bold tales of humanity’s encounters with these cosmic ruins. \u003c\/strong\u003eThink Indiana Jones meets Arthur C. Clarke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow determined xenoarchaeologists as they reconstruct the fall of an ancient alien civilization, or track seasoned salvage crews discovering terrible truths in abandoned waystations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories capture the thrill of discovery while grappling with the humbling reality of our place in the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes the following short stories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Blood Halo” by M.G. Herron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Captain Thurgood and the Chamber of Whispers” by Benjamin Wallace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Perihelion” by Robert Appleton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Harbor” by Luke Mitchell [Novella]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Curios: A Nexus Mystery” by Ginger Booth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Cathedral of the Unfinished God” by Pierino Gattei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“What the Walls Remember” by Peter J. Foote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Sunrise” by James Pyles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Hole Cards” by Michael LaVoice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The City of Glass” by Jeannette Bedard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Organ in the Ice” by D. C. Wynters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Ascension to Extinction” by Dawn Ross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Zero Sum Salvage” by Keyla Damaer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"M.G. Herron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49131788894516,"sku":"RUINSEB","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8837\/7908\/files\/deluxe-ebook-3d.png?v=1779210927","url":"https:\/\/www.mgherron.com\/products\/ruins","provider":"MG Herron Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}