{"product_id":"shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781035013814","title":"Shroud","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrilling, terrifying and fascinating\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \nTim Peake, British ESA astronaut\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn utterly gripping story of first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning \u003cem\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew for this paperback edition: The short story 'Sins of the Children', the fascinating prequel to \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey name the moon \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e. But they never mean to go there . . . until a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to crash-land on its inhospitable surface in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting to survive, the two women embark on a gruelling journey in search of salvation. But Juna and Mai's tenuous existence is threatened by \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e's extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, they'll have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eShroud\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Evokes an unrelatable extraterrestrial world . . . keeps you guessing throughout' - SFX, 5* Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky' - Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best' - Richard Morgan, author of \u003cem\u003eAltered Carbon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul' - Sue Burke, author of \u003cem\u003eSemiosis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Makes Andy Weir's vision of Mars in \u003cem\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/em\u003e look like a Caribbean beach resort' - The Fantasy Hive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350554525932,"sku":"9781035013814","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f10fc6c2d420d1c42502863d86db2e92.jpg?v=1772538296","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781035013814","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}