{"product_id":"2940158749681","title":"Windhome","description":"Earth has sent out exploratory expeditions in a desperate attempt to discover the nature of the alien force that wiped out at least one extrasolar civilization and now threatens Earth itself.  One of the exploratory starships is stealth-attacked by the hostile aliens.  The survivors, marooned among the pre-technological inhabitants of the icy world of Windhome, struggle to survive, to understand this harsh world and its few, grim people--and, somehow, to fulfill their mission. Thrown into an unwilling alliance with a Windhome outsider faction, exiled into wilderness, two of the human crew must live by this world's bitter laws, accept the ways of its people--and eventually make a terrifying choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrounded in science, rich in external and internal discovery, with vivid characters for whom the reader comes to care deeply (and with a haunting cover by multi-award winner Julie Dillon), Kristin Landon's Windhome is The Left Hand of Darkness meets Black Robe with a soupçon of Alien.","brand":"Candlemark \u0026 Gleam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113138077936,"sku":"2940158749681","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158749681_p0.jpg?v=1764123327","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158749681","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}