{"product_id":"9781035013791-shroud","title":"Shroud","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter two scientists crash on a hostile moon, they must use every tool at their disposal to survive. A tense, atmospheric voyage into the unknown from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA commercial expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder no circumstances can a human survive Shroud’s inhospitable surface – but a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to make an emergency landing in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting for survival, the two women embark on a gruelling journey across land, sea and air in search of salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as they travel, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud’s unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud, they’ll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eShroud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Clever, vivid and terrifying . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky’ – Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s \u003ci\u003eThe Life Scientific\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best’ – Richard Morgan, author of \u003ci\u003eAltered Carbon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul’ – Sue Burke, author of \u003ci\u003eSemiosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Makes Andy Weir's vision of Mars in \u003ci\u003eThe Martian \u003c\/i\u003elook like a Caribbean beach resort’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy Hive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608236728417,"sku":"9781035013791","price":26.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33064726.jpg?v=1738869887","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035013791-shroud","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}