{"product_id":"thirteen-by-richard-morgan-9781473225381","title":"Thirteen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne hundred years from now, and against all the odds, Earth has found a new stability; the political order has reached some sort of balance, and the new colony on Mars is growing. But the fraught years of the 21st century have left an uneasy legacy...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGenetically engineered alpha males, designed to fight the century's wars, have no wars to fight and are surplus to requirements. And a man bred and designed to fight is a dangerous man to have around in peacetime. Many of them have left for Mars, but now one has come back and killed everyone else on the shuttle he returned in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly one man, a gene-engineered ex-soldier himself, can hunt him down. And so begins a frenetic manhunt and a battle for survival. It is also a search for the truth about what was really done with the world's last soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirteen\u003c\/em\u003e is an unstoppable SF thriller, but it is also a novel about prejudice and the ramifications of playing with our genetic blueprint. It explores our capacity for violence, and more worryingly, our capacity for deceit and corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is another landmark of modern SF from one of its most exciting and commercial authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46817174126828,"sku":"9781473225381","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14391333482712.jpg?v=1757884177","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/thirteen-by-richard-morgan-9781473225381","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}