{"product_id":"open-channel-a-first-contact-hard-science-fiction-thriller-paperback","title":"Open Channel: A First Contact Hard Science Fiction Thriller - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarth finally believes Dr. Mara Ellison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat belief is about to cost a fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impossible object detected beyond the edge of the Solar System has become thousands of faint signatures, scattered across a volume too vast for any navy to confront. Earth's answer is simple: send a task force to intercept whatever is coming before it reaches the inner planets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommander Gideon Renner is given the mission, a patched-together fleet, and a fuel budget that makes the journey almost one-way. Mara joins the expedition as science lead, carrying a warning no one wants to hear: every new observation suggests they're preparing to fight the wrong kind of enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the task force pushes deeper into the darkness, every assumption begins to fail. The incoming phenomenon refuses to behave like a fleet, a weapon, or anything humanity has ever encountered. Every attempt to define it only reveals a larger mystery-and every decision carries consequences measured not only in lives, but in humanity's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou can't win a war against geology. You can only make it take longer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Renner must decide whether to sacrifice his ships for a battle he cannot win-or return home carrying a truth that will forever change humanity's place in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Channel\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eBook Two of the Arrival Window Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e, an intelligent hard science fiction thriller where the greatest danger isn't what waits in the dark-it's realizing we've misunderstood it from the very beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575130198155,"sku":"9798233880162","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/S5ecLflKCo9798233880162.webp?v=1790787108","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/open-channel-a-first-contact-hard-science-fiction-thriller-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}