{"product_id":"coyote-horizon-allen-steele-9798337204062","title":"Coyote Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn alien philosophy has the power to unite--or divide--humanity on a colonized world in this science fiction adventure from a Hugo Award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesieged by overpopulation, dwindling resources, governmental collapses, and environmental destruction, the people living on Earth and its solar system colonies face a dire future. Light years away, the colony planet of Coyote offers humanity the best chance of survival, but its leaders are limiting immigration from Earth to protect the civilization they struggled to establish--and the world they call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile the alien \u003ci\u003ehjaad\u003c\/i\u003e have been permitted a place on Coyote, an embassy where they can strengthen ties with humans through cultural exchanges, the most significant of which is the \u003ci\u003eSa'Tong-tas\u003c\/i\u003e. Containing the \u003ci\u003ehjaad\u003c\/i\u003e's ethical knowledge and philosophical beliefs, it's an AI book that engages its readers through conversation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEx-convict Hawk Thompson was just carrying out his mindless community sentence before he encountered the \u003ci\u003eSa'Tong-tas\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, he believes he has a purpose: not only to share the \u003ci\u003ehjaad\u003c\/i\u003e's philosophy of moral behavior towards all living beings, but to live that philosophy through selfless service to those in need. He is now the \u003ci\u003echaaz'maha\u003c\/i\u003e, a teacher with lessons that people across Coyote wish to hear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious leaders see these alien lessons as blasphemy. And as the \u003ci\u003echaaz'maha\u003c\/i\u003e gains more followers, they see him as a threat to the human race who must be eliminated . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThis one is, for me at least, the best of the [series], with better characterization and a more interesting story wrapped around an understated mystery. I'd be very surprised if this is our last visit to this particular planet.\" --Don D'Amassa, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798337204062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Science \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Allen Steele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066796716287,"sku":"9798337204062","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66a5e7c2-0877-414b-8652-e37fab354e28.jpg?v=1768680575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coyote-horizon-allen-steele-9798337204062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}