{"product_id":"the-object-joshua-t-calvert-9798347020508","title":"The Object: A Hard Sci-Fi Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this pulse-pounding sci-fi mystery, one physicist will discover that everything humans thought they knew about space and time was wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer fighter pilot and physicist Dr. Melody Adams was once a rising star in the NASA astronaut program. Now, she's grounded in Hawaii, observing the night skies through the Gemini North telescope. But what she's just seen could change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Melody notices what looks like a comet near Pluto--a scientific impossibility that far out in the solar system--she's convinced she's made a major breakthrough, even as other scientists dismiss it and she becomes a laughingstock. Whatever it is, it's moving fast . . . and headed toward Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years later, the object is spotted again, closer than ever before, and it seems to be slowing down. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, Melody becomes part of a team tasked with investigating what is now suspected to be an extraterrestrial vessel. She'll get a second chance to head into outer space, and Earth may get its \u003ci\u003efirst\u003c\/i\u003e chance to establish contact with an alien intelligence--assuming it hasn't come to destroy humanity . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlast off with a crew of international astronauts as they come face-to-face with the unknown in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author Joshua T. Calvert's new take on the classic space thriller that's perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eProject Hail Mary.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nail-biting science fiction that you can't put down.\" \u003cb\u003e--M.A. Rothman, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of the Levi Yoder series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua T. Calvert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798347020508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Podium Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Joshua T. Calvert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47580063564031,"sku":"9798347020508","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ce71381-76d3-49eb-8be0-d31f29f191cc.jpg?v=1763878542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-object-joshua-t-calvert-9798347020508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}