{"product_id":"spindrift-allen-steele-9798337204086","title":"Spindrift","description":"\u003cb\u003eA standalone Coyote Universe story from the Hugo Award-winning author that's \"the best first contact novel in a long time\" (\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpindrift\u003c\/i\u003e is classic SF in the best sense.\" --Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eGalileo\u003c\/i\u003e, to investigate. Its nine-person crew discovers an unidentified object, code-named Spindrift, and begins to unravel its mysteries . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the year 2344, more than five decades have passed since the \u003ci\u003eGalileo\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirector General John Shillinglaw must sift through the three very different testimonies of \u003ci\u003eGalileo\u003c\/i\u003e's surviving crew to uncover the truth of their alien encounter--and what that truth means for humanity's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating . . . Steele delivers a gripping saga of humanity on the verge of exploring the larger universe.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798337204086\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 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Allen Steele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517102305535,"sku":"9798337204086","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_899902e2-459b-4088-bd42-e47e124aeb78.jpg?v=1778729916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spindrift-allen-steele-9798337204086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}