{"product_id":"shroud","title":"Shroud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists - and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud's inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a grueling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. It also begins to understand them...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46135368777927,"sku":"P9675S","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0077\/9010\/0553\/files\/marissasbooksandgifts-9780316579025-shroud-1218478389.jpg?v=1769631695","url":"https:\/\/marissasbooks.com\/products\/shroud","provider":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}