{"product_id":"the-ship-that-answered-back-jason-thomson-9798235383692","title":"The Ship That Answered Back: A First Contact Science Fiction Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e Forty years ago, the colony ship \u003cstrong\u003eCaldera\u003c\/strong\u003e vanished with hundreds of passengers aboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it has returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot from another star system. Not from a failed jump. Not from any place human charts can explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen salvage captain \u003cstrong\u003eMara Venn\u003c\/strong\u003e and her battered ship \u003cstrong\u003eHarrowlight\u003c\/strong\u003e intercept Caldera's impossible signal, the find should make them rich. A legendary lost vessel. A registry match no one expected. A recovery claim that could change their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Caldera answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ship is still alive. So are many of its passengers. But they have not aged the way they should have, the corridors rearrange around memory, and the vessel's systems speak with voices that know too much. Somewhere inside the wreck, a warning has been waiting for four decades: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not answer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mara's crew digs deeper, they discover Caldera did not simply disappear. It made contact with something vast, alien, and patient, something that listens for civilizations reckless enough to call into the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd humanity has already been heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Authority cutter closing in, corporate interests ready to claim the ship, and an ancient intelligence testing every instinct that makes humans answer distress, Mara must uncover what really happened aboard Caldera before rescue becomes the deadliest signal of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause in this universe, first contact is not an invitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd every road leads something back home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ship That Answered Back\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tense standalone first-contact science fiction thriller packed with spaceship suspense, deep-space mystery, survival stakes, and a chilling alien threat perfect for fans of high-concept sci-fi, lost-ship mysteries, and first-contact stories where the biggest danger is not what waits in the dark, but what answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235383692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d","brand":"Jason Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852916666623,"sku":"9798235383692","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ship-that-answered-back-jason-thomson-9798235383692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}