{"product_id":"shift-by-hugh-howey-9780544839649","title":"Shift","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BASIS FOR SILO, NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW ON APPLE TV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this second volume in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling Silo series, Hugh Howey describes the catastrophic events that led to the creation of the silo— and the beginning of the end.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, the Centre for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. The technology has an almost limitless capacity for good—but in the wrong hands, it could have an equally boundless capacity for evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the same year, the CBS network re-aired a programme about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall, and the ability to forget it ever happened. With this godlike power at their fingertips, can humanity be trusted to create a new—and better—world? Or is it doomed to bring about its own destruction?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY CONTINUES IN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDUST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643214217452,"sku":"9780544839649","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/af5af3f633784c5ae634b889aa266ed4.jpg?v=1779168900","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/shift-by-hugh-howey-9780544839649","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}