{"product_id":"2940148698739","title":"First Contact: Alien Encounters","description":"Presenting eleven entertaining and thought-provoking tales of alien encounters—some serious, some whimsical, some that end well for those involved, others, not so much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFair Trade: Earth’s first trade delegation to the Taurans threatens to fall a little short of expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe Have a Winner: The junior member of a first contact mission to Earth is increasingly dubious of the choices their experts have made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTasty Morsel: A moon-sized creature sets its sights on its next meal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Probe: A young man wakes to find himself in an extremely compromising position.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClean Up Crew: A rookie lab technician is held responsible for a mess of her own making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReg: An unexceptional man stumbles across an exceptional secret that plunges him headlong into events he appears uniquely ill-equipped to handle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Return: An alien abductee returns home to his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExecutive Decision: The Presidential Cabinet is sequestered to consider the most important decision they will ever have to make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Impressions: A father and son team struggles to understand why their first contact mission has gone so badly wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Reality Machine: A brilliant, but eccentric scientist is keen to demonstrate that nothing about the Universe is as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of Joint: The crew of a four-thousand-year interstellar lifeboat mission is forced to adapt to changing circumstances.","brand":"Michael J. Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084316000496,"sku":"2940148698739","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148698739_p0.jpg?v=1763707098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148698739","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}