{"product_id":"alien-quest-steven-eckroad-9798267481694","title":"Alien Quest: Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo strangers are being drawn toward the same impossible destination-and neither knows why.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCiarán Rhys has built the life he thought he wanted: captain of the family tradeship \u003ci\u003eNorthern Star\u003c\/i\u003e, successful galactic trader, and master of his own future. Then unsettling dreams begin insisting that his path is wrong-and that somewhere beyond the known worlds something is waiting for him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTriya Noeh has spent years trying to escape the expectations of her birthright. Gifted with telepathy and other psi abilities, she leaves home and remakes herself as a smuggler, mercenary, and survivor. But an alien temple she discovered as a teenager has never released its hold on her. Its visions point toward a distant mystery world and an answer to the question she cannot escape: why is she different? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir paths collide in the aftermath of a brutal gang war. When Triya joins Ciarán aboard \u003ci\u003eNorthern Star\u003c\/i\u003e, attraction quickly gives way to something more unsettling: their separate visions may be leading them toward the same place. Yet Ciarán trusts reason and control; Triya has learned to trust instinct and power. Their growing bond may be exactly what they need-or the one thing capable of tearing their shared quest apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a dangerous alien relic begins to exert an influence neither understands, the threat reaches beyond their partnership to the survival of the ship itself. To discover who is calling them, Ciarán and Triya must first decide who they are willing to become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlien Quest: Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e is Book One of a character-driven science-fiction duology blending galactic adventure, romance, telepathy, alien mystery, and scientifically grounded speculation about the limits of human consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Eckroad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798267481694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Steven Eckroad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664724660479,"sku":"9798267481694","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alien-quest-steven-eckroad-9798267481694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}