{"product_id":"2940157861858","title":"Rediscovery: Anchorage Book 6","description":"An inhabited planet is not what an interplanetary mining company hopes to find while in search of rare mineral deposits, but the low-tech natives should be won over by a few 'miracles', right? Emily Nandi, the mining company's legally mandated xenologist, isn't so sure. The planet's social structures are complex, fascinating and frustrating – she advocates research and caution rather than the seat-of-the-pants first contact the company president wants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInvestigator Shadow is convinced ghosts are watching him until a fellow investigator disappears, plucked from his harduk's back without a trace. When he reappears at the city gates, naked, half-frozen and ill, he brings back a harrowing tale of strangers on a ship high above the planet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom this shaky beginning, suspicion and misunderstanding fuel one culture-clash driven disaster after another, punctuated by apocalyptic prophesies from the oracle, Telluris. This is no way to get to know one's long-lost cousins from Earth.","brand":"Mischief Corner Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177776464112,"sku":"2940157861858","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157861858_p0.jpg?v=1764106523","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157861858","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}