{"title":"Nick Holdstock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNick Holdstock\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts engaging narratives that explore the intricacies of everyday life with warmth and insight. His storytelling in \u003cem\u003eQuarantine\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers a thoughtful reflection on human resilience and connection during challenging times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the realm of general fiction, Holdstock’s work balances tender character studies with subtle social commentary, inviting readers to immerse themselves in richly drawn worlds that resonate long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"quarantine-by-nick-holdstock-9781800751026","title":"Quarantine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow do we deal with the aftermath of catastrophe?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's ten years since a deadly pandemic swept the globe, and five years since the last new recorded case. Society came close to collapse, but now there's a vaccine—though not a cure—people are only dying in the usual ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLukas, along with several hundred other infected people, is quarantined in a camp on a mountain of Central Asia. With nothing to do, and no future to speak of, the inmates pass the time drinking, taking drugs, joining a cult, making art or having sex with whoever they can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca is a scientist who worked on the vaccine that saved the world. Having lost her partner in the years of chaos, she keeps testing the vaccine against mutations of the virus, because it seems inevitable that there will be a next time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuarantine\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrillingly intelligent novel about how we—as individuals, and as a society—deal with the aftermath of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714173260012,"sku":"9781800751026","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3610353482829.jpg?v=1754347415"},{"product_id":"quarantine-by-nick-holdstock-9781800751002","title":"Quarantine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's ten years since a deadly pandemic swept the globe, and five years since the last new recorded case. Society came close to collapse, but a vaccine was found in time, and life is slowly getting back to normal. But while a vaccine was found, a cure wasn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLukas is one of the last people to contract the disease, and he waits, quarantined, in a camp in the mountains of Central Asia. With nothing to do, and no future to speak of, the inmates are imprisoned, yet free to do whatever they want: some create cults; some retreat into themselves; some have sex with whoever they can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn New York, Rebecca is a scientist who worked on the vaccine. Having lost her partner in the years of chaos, she is obsessed with trying to prevent something similar happening in future, and spends her days trying to engineer ways the virus might evade the vaccine. When she succeeds, she realises she needs people who still have the disease - and there's only one place she can go to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, gripping and human, \u003ci\u003eQuarantine\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about how we - as individuals, and as a society - deal with the aftermath of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536921051372,"sku":"9781800751002","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b981ca08d529a18eeea5bc217311d010.jpg?v=1777948847"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nick-holdstock.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}