Jon and Lobo return for book #5 in the series. A nanotech-enhanced soldier-of-fortune joins with his A.I.-equipped spaceship on a mission to acquire forbidden tech. <br><br>Jon and Lobo are back-and enemies on all sides are out to get them.<br> <br> Haunted by memories of children he could not save, Jon Moore becomes so increasingly self-destructive that even his best friend, the hyper-intelligent Predator-Class Assault Vehicle, Lobo, is worried. So when Jon receives both a job offer and a message from a woman from his distant past, he and Lobo leap at the welcome diversions.<br> <br> That the job is illegal is the least of their problems. They're happy to retrieve stolen artifacts from Jon's quarantined home world, and their fee is high even for a job so highly illegal.<br> <br> The forces protecting their targets are formidable, and the assault team that's chasing them is even more dangerous-but Jon and Lobo are used to that.<br> <br> The scientist Jon and Lobo need for the mission has an agenda of her own, but they've faced that problem before.<br> <br> This time, though, the knowledge that they and the others seek spells doom for Jon.<br> <br> Racing from planet to planet, Jon and Lobo come at last to a world so inhospitable that its statues and monuments outnumber its living inhabitants. Desperate and out of options, they encounter their deadliest challenges yet and must make life-changing decisions from which there truly is<br> <br> No Going Back<br><br> <b>About Mark L. Van Name: </b><br> "Just when I was thinking science fiction might be over, Mark Van Name proves that there are still smart, exciting, emotional sci-fi stories to be told." -Orson Scott Card on Mark Van Name's <i>One Jump Ahead</i><br> <br> "He's going to be the guy to beat in the race to the top of SFdom." -John Ringo, best-selling creator of the "Posleen War" series<br> <br> <b>About the Jon and Lobo series:</b><br> <b>"</b>[P] owered by breakneck pacing and military-nuanced action and adventure. . .Van Name's focus on character development. . . makes for a much more cerebral-and enriching-read." -<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> " ... an undeniable page-turner ... highly entertaining." -<i>Publishers Weekly</i> on Mark L. Van Name's <i>Slanted Jack</i><br> <br> "Many twists and turns ... outstanding action." -<i>Midwest Book Review </i>on Mark L. Van Name's <i>One Jump Ahead</i>
