{"product_id":"starborn-9798196547140","title":"Starborn","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christian Zimmerman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome questions are dangerous to ask out loud.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Harper is running out of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Navy veteran turned geology graduate student, he has spent\u003cbr\u003ethree months and what remains of his academic credibility\u003cbr\u003echasing a theory most of his department considers impossible.\u003cbr\u003eOne last expedition. One last chance to find something that\u003cbr\u003ephysics says cannot exist in nature. One evening in the high\u003cbr\u003edesert outside the Grand Canyon, on the verge of giving up, \u003cbr\u003ehe finds something that will change everything - not just\u003cbr\u003efor him, but for every human being who has ever lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is a journey measured not in miles but in\u003cbr\u003escales of time that dwarf human civilization - a story about\u003cbr\u003edeep history, first contact, and the question every\u003cbr\u003eintelligent species must eventually face: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre we worth saving?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHard science fiction in the tradition of Liu Cixin and Andy\u003cbr\u003eWeir, \u003ci\u003eStarborn\u003c\/i\u003e moves from the ancient geological layers\u003cbr\u003eof the American Southwest to the outermost edges of human\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding. It is a novel about what we are made of -\u003cbr\u003eliterally and philosophically - and about the strange, \u003cbr\u003eterrifying, and ultimately hopeful discovery that we have\u003cbr\u003enever been as alone as we thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who believe science fiction is at its best when\u003cbr\u003eit asks real questions and earns its answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarborn\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut novel from Christian Zimmerman.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892709998743,"sku":"9798196547140","price":1702.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196547140.webp?v=1781188392","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/starborn-9798196547140","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}