{"product_id":"the-dark-templar-trilogy-book-1-firstborn-paperback","title":"Starcraft: The Dark Templar Trilogy, Book 1: Firstborn","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen describing this to folks I call it, “Bladerunner meets Indiana Jones.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI haven’t written as many StarCraft books as WoW books, but I’ve always enjoyed them. My first adventure in that universe was to write an original series with only a few pre-existing characters. My archaeologist Jake Ramsey, and the assassin\/guard R.M. Dahl are two of my very favorite characters, and helping to establish some essential biology regarding the protoss was pretty awesome.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrilogies are tough things to corral, and Blizzard was very supportive of the direction I wanted to take. While it’s a big story, my love for the small moments, the human (or protoss) heart, are very much a part of the story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e---\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlizzard wanted to use this book to introduce Valerian Mengsk—Emperor Arcturus Mensk’s son he had kept hidden from the world. The tricky thing was, they hadn’t done a lot of character work or even art to share with me. It’s nice to have freedom with a character, but it’s also nice to have a leeeetle more to go on then “He’s blond with gray eyes, and we don’t know if he’s going to be good or evil.”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEeeep! Fortunately, my take on this character seems to have pleased Blizzard as well as most readers. --Christie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJake Ramsey — an unassuming, yet talented archaeologist — has been given the chance of a lifetime. Hired to investigate a recently unearthed Xel'Naga temple, he knows this latest assignment will open up whole new possibilities for his career. Yet, when Jake discovers the remains of a long-dead protoss mystic, his hopes and dreams are irrevocably drowned in a flood of alien memories. Bonded to the spirit of the dead protoss, Jake has become the sole inheritor of the protoss's total history — every event, every thought — every feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eStruggling to maintain his own fragile identity amidst the raging psychic storm in his mind, Jake soon realizes that he has stumbled upon a secret so cataclysmic in magnitude — that it will shake the very foundations of the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christie Golden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46564430545086,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/0537\/0914\/products\/IMG_Firstborn_Cover.jpg?v=1569356940","url":"https:\/\/christie-golden.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dark-templar-trilogy-book-1-firstborn-paperback","provider":"Christie Golden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}