{"product_id":"metropolis-by-monte-schulz-9781683965794","title":"Metropolis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegency College senior Julian Brehm's uneventful student life is derailed when he falls for Nina Rinaldi, a beautiful young revolutionary engaged in political activism against the authoritarian regime that rules the country and wages a deceitful, distracting war. Julian's love for – and moral alliance to – Nina eventually leads him into a vast undercity beneath the metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, east by train and into the war zone itself, where mortal danger in that expanding cemetery of millions threatens Julian's life; what he witnesses will alter how he perceives the Republic and ultimately his fate within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJulian's adventure can be seen as our own, a world of vacillating morality and unceasing violence. Apathy and passion. Fear and courage of purpose. Julian's is a hero's journey into the dark unknown. A love story, which extends in many directions. A war novel of incredible scope and horror. A suspenseful mystery novel with a moral puzzle at its core. And a coming-of-age tale of a young man seeing the world he was born into, more dangerous and more beautiful than he could have ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the meaning of virtue and goodness in the face of the most monstrous crimes. It could just as easily be the story of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853274435820,"sku":"9781683965794","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15361213482787.jpg?v=1759194498","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/metropolis-by-monte-schulz-9781683965794","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}