{"product_id":"2940151893206","title":"A Plea In The Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen an alien fighter craft crash-lands in the Pacific Northwest, the US Air Force immediately sends a team to collect the ship, and hopefully, its pilot. Dr. Kenneth Harris stabilizes the non-human pilot, performs surgery to repair her damaged body, and takes her to an Air Force hospital to see to her recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwakening from a month-long coma, the alien, whom the doctor has named Laurie, begins to learn English, but keeps that knowledge secret; until she manipulates the Air Force into taking her to her damaged ship by intimating it can perform translation between her native language and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter weeks of interrogation, Laurie and her ship’s AI study Earth’s political structures to determine whether the US is worthy to receive their advanced technology. She convinces the authorities of a possible threat from another alien race, the Krev, and she and her ship’s AI enter into a treaty of technology exchange with the U.S. Overcoming Earth’s technological limitations, step by step, Laurie begins to build a fleet of space fighters. But can they be ready before the Krev arrive on Earth? And can our scientists and engineers learn to create a previously unknown element to make an alien fusion reactor?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Laurie’s body has difficulties adjusting to life on Earth, Dr. Harris becomes her constant companion, and she and her ship teach him to pilot a fighter craft. But can the doctor find the causes and cures for Laurie’s medical conditions in time to keep her alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan the Air Force maintain secrecy and keep foreign agents from stealing the new technologies? And despite their physical differences, can an alien fighter pilot and a human medical doctor share love?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Holt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149801308400,"sku":"2940151893206","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151893206_p0.jpg?v=1764015419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151893206","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}