{"product_id":"a-fragment-of-humanity-9798235295889","title":"A Fragment of Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edward Heath\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edward Heath\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edward Heath\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Alien Contact\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumanity expected alien life to be strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were not prepared for the Khepri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an impossible object enters the Solar System broadcasting mysterious harmonic signals, humanity launches the \u003cem\u003eAsterion\u003c\/em\u003e to intercept it long before it reaches Earth. What the crew discovers challenges everything humanity believes about life, consciousness, technology, and even individuality itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Khepri are ancient beyond comprehension-beings of living energy and fluid form who travel the galaxy not as conquerors, but as seekers of knowledge. As humans and Khepri attempt to understand one another, both species are forced to confront truths about themselves they were never meant to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart first-contact mystery, part philosophical science fiction, \u003cem\u003eA Fragment of Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e explores what happens when two completely different forms of intelligence realize they may not be as alone as they believed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Heath","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882582851735,"sku":"9798235295889","price":1670.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798235295889.webp?v=1781096036","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-fragment-of-humanity-9798235295889","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}