{"product_id":"the-second-sleep-by-robert-harris-9781787460966","title":"The Second Sleep","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWHAT IF YOUR FUTURE LIES IN THE PAST?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne word - wonderful. Two words - compulsive reading. Three words - buy it tomorrow. Four words - tonight, if possible.\u003c\/em\u003e — STEPHEN KING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A thoroughly absorbing, page-turning narrative.' — \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Genuinely thrilling.' — \u003cem\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. He must arrive at a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor before night falls. He's lost and becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civilisation that seems to have ended in cataclysm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Harris takes us on a thrilling ride while serving up serious food for thought.' — \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A truly surprising future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.' — \u003cem\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The book's real power lies in its between-the-lines warning that our embrace of the internet represents some kind of sleepwalk into oblivion. It's a provocative, tub-thumping sci-fi of which H. G. Wells might have been proud.' — \u003cem\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Harris' latest work intelligently warps historical fiction and tackles issues of religion, science and the apocalypse in the process. As he flexes his imagination, you will be left pondering as often as you are page-turning.' — \u003cem\u003eHERALD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliantly imaginative thriller.' — \u003cem\u003eREADER'S DIGEST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are currently two different covers and possibly a mix of stock until December 2022. They will be assigned at random.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335660228844,"sku":"9781787460966","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11138703482824.jpg?v=1743656400","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-second-sleep-by-robert-harris-9781787460966","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}