{"product_id":"shattered-roads-9781635730494","title":"Shattered Roads","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn a future laid waste by environmental catastrophe, one woman in a shielded megacity discovers a secret hidden within--and the nightmare of what lies beyond.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Skyfire Saga\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her designation is H124--a menial worker in a city safeguarded against the devastating \u003cbr\u003e storms of the outer world. In a community where consumerism has dulled the senses, where apathy is the norm and education is a thing of the past, H124 has one job: remove the bodies of citizens when they pass away in their living pods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then one night, H124's routine leads her into the underground ruins of an ancient university. Buried within it is a prescient alarm set up generations ago: an extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her warning is seen as an attempt to topple the government with her knowledge of science, H124 is hunted--and sent fleeing for her life beyond the shield of her walled metropolis. In a \u003cbr\u003e weather-ravaged unknown, her only hope lies with the Rovers, the most dangerous faction on Earth. For they have continued to learn. And they have survived to help avert a terrifying threat: the end of the world is near.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction, comics, and video game material. She was selected to attend Launchpad, a NASA-funded writing workshop aimed at bringing accurate science to fiction. Her love of wild places inspired her novel \u003ci\u003eVoracious, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich pits a lone hiker against a shapeshifting creature in the wilderness of Glacier National Park. Her novel \u003ci\u003eFresh Meat\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the world of the hit TV series \u003ci\u003eSupernatural\u003c\/i\u003e. She also wrote the\u003ci\u003e Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e novels \u003ci\u003eNight Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePortal Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written short stories for numerous anthologies including \u003ci\u003eBody Horror, Werewolves \u0026amp; Shapeshifters, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMystery Date.\u003c\/i\u003e While working at LucasArts, she wrote material for several \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e video games, including \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Battle for Naboo\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an interdisciplinary master's degree in folklore and geography, and is a wildlife researcher and rehabilitator. Her novel \u003ci\u003ePortal Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e won the Scribe Award for Best Novel. Visit her online at www.AliceHenderson.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rebel Base Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506054435090,"sku":"9781635730494","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8560ccdc-5664-41d7-af2a-cf4e9b9fab19.jpg?v=1730845463","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shattered-roads-9781635730494","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}