{"product_id":"restricted-species-9781948890373","title":"Restricted Species","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarth Wars veteran Jim Turhan loves his quiet life on supply planet Mossera 4, teaching young cadets the art and science of xeno-farming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePollinator drones never sting or bite. They simply do their jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen crops all over Mossera 4 begin to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Jim discover the cause before starvation, or worse, turns his dream life into a nightmare?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn excerpt from \u003cem\u003eRestricted Species\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaerlis leaned forward, holding the comm in her lap. \"I know we're a fresh food outpost, so I hate to ask. What happens to our supplies in that time?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Considering that the freighters won't bring a damn thing with them?\" Jim said. \"Besides what little we can't grow here. Even if we warn them, they won't likely be able to detour to another supply planet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There aren't any other ones close by.\" Rob's face was as pale as it had been flushed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not that they could re-route to.\" Jim scrubbed his face. His brain didn't want to see the answer, much less say it out loud. \"We won't actually starve to death. At least I don't think so. You'll know the nutritional deficiencies we'll run into better than I do, Maerlis, with a year or more before we get a good harvest. But we'll have a planet full of miserable cadets and furious miners on our hands.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim kept his true worries, and his memories, to himself. He'd seen people as rough and hardened as the miners on a desolate planet. At the end of the last wars on Earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe knew how more shortages and hardships they weren't prepared for could turn a difficult situation into a nasty one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiral Publishing, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948890373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Kari Kilgore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672734593180,"sku":"9781948890373","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_70845624-d62f-4104-b12f-6df617e59e93.jpg?v=1603928267","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/restricted-species-9781948890373","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}