{"product_id":"alien-morning-paperback","title":"Alien Morning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Wilber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rick Wilber has written the best first contact story I've seen in decades: deeply human, eerily alien, and altogether an exciting, moving and thought-provoking novel.\" --\u003cb\u003eBen Bova\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fate of two civilizations depends on one troubled family in Rick Wilber's science-fiction adventure \u003ci\u003eAlien Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Holman is a freelance sweeper. The year 2030 sees a new era in social media with sweepcasting, a multisensory interface that can convey every thought, touch, smell, sight, and sound, immersing the audience in another person's experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy fate, chance, or some darker design, Peter is perfectly positioned to be the one human to document the arrival of the aliens, the S'hudonni. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe S'hudonni offer advanced science in exchange for various trade goods from Earth. But nothing is as simple as it seems. Peter finds himself falling for, Heather Newsome a scientist chosen by the S'hudonni to act as their liaison. Engaged to his brilliant marine biologist brother, Tom, Heather is not what she seems. But Peter has bigger problems. While he and his brother fight over long-standing family troubles, another issue looms: a secret war among the aliens, who are neither as benevolent nor as unified as they first seemed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter slowly learns secrets he was never meant to know, about the S'hudonni, and about his own family. Realizing that he has been used, he can only try to turn his situation around, to save what he can of his life and of the future of Earth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICK WILBER has had short fiction published in the major science fiction magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e Parts of \u003ci\u003eAlien Morning \u003c\/i\u003ehave been\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublished in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Southern Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101486157959,"sku":"9781250811875","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4e663824886bfe6d2919472056994c4a.webp?v=1732394629","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/alien-morning-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}