{"product_id":"spindrift-9798337204086","title":"Spindrift","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Allen Steele\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA standalone Coyote Universe story from the Hugo Award-winning author that's \"the best first contact novel in a long time\" (\u003cem\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSpindrift\u003c\/em\u003e is classic SF in the best sense.\" -Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 2288. Earth scientists have picked up a transmission originating from outside the solar system. Eager to confirm that the signal may have been sent by an alien civilization, Europe dispatches its first starship, the EASS \u003cem\u003eGalileo\u003c\/em\u003e, to investigate. Its nine-person crew discovers an unidentified object, code-named Spindrift, and begins to unravel its mysteries . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 2344, more than five decades have passed since the \u003cem\u003eGalileo\u003c\/em\u003e vanished on its secret mission. Now, three of the crew's survivors-Ted Harker, Emily Collins, and Jared Ramirez-have returned to Earth. They have not aged in the interim. Each of them claims that they made first contact with an alien species-and that they have been introduced to a larger universe with danger and conflict beyond human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector General John Shillinglaw must sift through the three very different testimonies of \u003cem\u003eGalileo\u003c\/em\u003e's surviving crew to uncover the truth of their alien encounter-and what that truth means for humanity's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fascinating . . . Steele delivers a gripping saga of humanity on the verge of exploring the larger universe.\" -\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47569386340503,"sku":"9798337204086","price":1711.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798337204086.webp?v=1774875075","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/spindrift-9798337204086","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}