{"id":1259,"date":"2026-05-03T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/?page_id=1259"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:28:27","slug":"hive-empire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/?page_id=1259","title":{"rendered":"Hive Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hive Empire Book Cover\" class=\"wp-image-1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-500x800.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller-800x1280.jpg 800w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hive-Empire-cover-KIndle-Copy-Smaller.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hive Empire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The war has changed.<\/strong><br><strong>So has Jace Hawthorne.<\/strong><br><br>After a hard-fought victory, Rising Dawn stands stronger than ever. They\u2019re bolstered by alien allies, ancient technology, and even a captured Overlord warship. For the first time, victory feels possible. Then Connor vanishes.<br><br>With no one left to lead, Jace is forced to take command of a rebellion already beginning to fracture. Every decision carries weight. Every mistake could cost worlds.<br><br>When whispers of the Relic Fleet surface\u2014a buried Eldra\u2019kaarn armada\u2014Jace sees a chance to end the war. But the trail leads to a dead world, stripped bare by the Overlords and picked clean by scavengers.<br><br>If the fleet is real, it could end the war.<br>If it\u2019s a lie, it could destroy everything Jace has built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amazon<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OZT3Bu\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OZT3Bu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war has changed.So has Jace Hawthorne. After a hard-fought victory, Rising Dawn stands stronger than ever. They\u2019re bolstered by alien allies, ancient technology, and even a captured Overlord warship. For the first time, victory feels possible. Then Connor vanishes. With no one left to lead, Jace is forced to take command of a rebellion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1259\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}