{"product_id":"shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781035013807","title":"Shroud","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn utterly gripping story of survival on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning \u003cem\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder no circumstances can a human survive \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as they travel, Juna and Mai begin to understand \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e's unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e, they'll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Adrian Tchaikovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The smartest evolutionary worldbuilding you'll ever read' - Peter F. Hamilton, author of \u003cem\u003eSalvation\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling on human and cosmic levels, and unputdownable' - Stephen Baxter, author of \u003cem\u003eProxima\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eAlien Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Heart-in-the-mouth fantastic' - New Scientist on \u003cem\u003eAlien Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363952447724,"sku":"9781035013807","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13658833482556.jpg?v=1744670608","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781035013807","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}