{"product_id":"warhorse","title":"Warhorse","description":"Description for WARHORSE by Timothy Zahn: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nThe aliens were pacifists -- but all living things were their friends...\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nWhen humanity first ventured out among the stars, it seemed that we were alone in the universe, the only tool-users in the galaxy--and thus were free to mold the very cosmos to our heart's desire. It would take us a long time--our star drive wasn't very fast--but it was our Manifest Destiny ... and, besides, there was no one to stop us.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThen we met the Tampies. In the arts mechanical they were less skilled than we, but in the biological sciences they were incomparably more advanced. Either as a result of or because of that advancement, the Tampies held all life to be part of a single pattern, and themselves to be its guardian: to harm the slightest part of it was to harm the whole, and that they would prevent at all costs.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nHumanity being what it is, it was inevitable that such a species ethic would bring its holder into conflict with Man. Unfortunately for us, the Tampies' living spaceships were much better than our metal ones: the Tampies had Warhorses....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42954653139160,"sku":"9780671698683","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/Warhorse.jpg?v=1654991582","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/warhorse","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}