{"product_id":"9781622220113","title":"The Alien Effect","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaised on the Jovian moon Varok, the young woman Shawne longs to return to Earth and help her devastated home planet build a new civilization—one that can thrive for millennia. When she and her “mini alien invasion” set up a school in California, they face unexpected lessons in love and humanity, unaware of the long-term consequences of their collision with life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third novel in Cary Neeper's \u003ci\u003eArchives of Varok\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe Alien Effect\u003c\/i\u003e joins the characters from Nautilus silver medalist \u003ci\u003eThe Webs of Varok\u003c\/i\u003e as they explore an alternate 21st Century Earth. With two more titles coming in 2015, the five-volume \u003ci\u003eArchives of Varok\u003c\/i\u003e travels from Earth to the Oort Cloud, with several stops in-between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCary Neeper raised her family in the US Southwest with her husband and a friendly menagerie of dogs, fish and fowl. An avid proponent of sustainability and steady-state economics since the 1970s, she studied zoology, chemistry and religion at Pomona College and medical microbiology at the U. Wisconsin - Madison. Cary paints landscapes in acrylics, including the cover art for The Archives of Varok series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penscript Publishing House, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018539745520,"sku":"9781622220113","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781622220113_p0.jpg?v=1763857461","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781622220113","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}