{"product_id":"9781462814022","title":"The Diamonds of Kronos","description":"\u003cp\u003e Other  books  have  been  written  about  battles  between  humans  and  creatures  from  outer  space.   So,  what's  different  about  this  one?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Well,  the  aliens  in  this  case  know  a  great  deal  about  planet  Earth  and  its  human  population,  but  their  info  is  disastrously  out  of  date.   It's  a  war  in  which  tactics  make  all  the  difference  and  the  aliens  would  have  found  peaceful  cooperation  a  far  more  useful  thing  than  the  battle.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As  a  side  issue,  these  highly  intelligent  aliens  have  evolved  on  a  planet  where  oxygen  and  water  are  rare.   Impossible?   Not  at  all.   The  author's  thesis  on  this  point  is  that  life  can  evolve  anywhere  there  is  an  energy  source  the  life  form  can  use.    In  each  case,  the  life  form  evolves  so  as  to  use  the  available  energy  source  and,  therefore,  is  very  dependant  on  it,  just  as  we  depend  on  oxygen  and  water.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125616623856,"sku":"9781462814022","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462814022_p0.jpg?v=1763677830","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462814022","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}