{"product_id":"final-fantasy-7-remake-story-episode-1-the-cool-soldier-paperback","title":"Final Fantasy 7 Remake Story: Episode 1. The Cool Soldier - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarola Fantasia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Final Fantasy 7 Remake Story \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Episode 1. The Cool Soldier \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 0 - Planet Gaia \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 - The Destruction of Mako Reactor 1 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - Fateful Encounters \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - Home Sweet Slum \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Cloud Strife is a mercenary formerly of the \u003ci\u003eShinra\u003c\/i\u003e Electric Power Company's elite special forces known as SOLDIER, hired by a cell of the eco-terrorist group called \u003ci\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/i\u003e to aid them in the bombing of \u003ci\u003eMako Reactor 1\u003c\/i\u003e. Both Avalanche and the cell's leader, Barret Wallace, embrace the ideals of planetology that posits that the planet is a living organism and that Shinra's harvesting of the planet's life force will lead to the end of the world. \u003cbr\u003eCloud, \u003cb\u003e Barret\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJessie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBiggs\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWedge\u003c\/b\u003e infiltrate the reactor, and Cloud sets up a bomb developed by Jessie at the core. They get out within the time limit, unaware that President Shinra was watching their every move and that he had the reactor core self-destruct when Jessie's bomb failed to properly detonate. The area surrounding the reactor is devastated by the blast. Cloud and the Avalanche members scatter into the streets and agree to meet up at the train going back to the slums. \u003cbr\u003eWhile moving through the shocked crowds, Cloud hallucinates a meeting with \u003cb\u003e Sephiroth\u003c\/b\u003e, a rogue First Class SOLDIER whom Cloud remembers killing in the past. Cloud cannot believe that Sephiroth is still alive, now seemingly able to distort reality and send Cloud into a vision where everything around him is burning. Cloud snaps out of the illusion and meets a woman selling flowers being attacked by invisible monsters. Unable to see the cloak-like entities until the flower girl grabs his hand for help, Cloud's reaction alerts the Shinra Public Security forces. The woman runs away and Cloud is chased by Shinra troops to the railway bridge from where he jumps onto the passing train, reuniting with the others. \u003cbr\u003eThey head to the \u003ci\u003eSector 7 slums\u003c\/i\u003e where Barret's Avalanche cell has a hideout in the Seventh Heaven bar owned by \u003cb\u003e Tifa\u003c\/b\u003e, Cloud's childhood friend who reconnected with Cloud after he came to \u003ci\u003eMidgar\u003c\/i\u003e for work and enlisted his services to Avalanche despite Barret's reservations. The bombing having been much more destructive than Jessie had anticipated frazzles both her and Tifa, but Barret is ready to move onto the next bombing mission, though he is not interested in hiring Cloud's services again. \u003cbr\u003eTifa suggests Cloud make a name for himself as a mercenary at the Sector 7 slums, and gets him an apartment next to hers. Overnight Cloud hears moaning from the room next door, and when investigating finds it belongs to a delirious man wearing a dark cloak whom he hallucinates as Sephiroth. As he is about to attack, Tifa stops him, and Cloud realizes it was another hallucination. Tifa helps Cloud find work around the slums, and they find Tifa's friend Johnny being taken by Shinra's Public Security under suspicion of being connected to Avalanche. Though Johnny is not part of the group, Tifa fears he might still spill something, and Cloud and Tifa save him by taking out the Shinra soldiers holding Johnny under arrest. Cloud is about to kill Johnny to make sure he will not expose Avalanche, but a shocked Tifa stops him and Johnny instead flees Sector 7, vowing to never return. \u003cbr\u003eThough Barret has rejected Cloud's participation onto the next bombing mission, Jessie hires him to help procure a new blasting agent from a Shinra warehouse, still thinking that her haywire bomb is what caused the previous carnage and civilian casualties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100411203719,"sku":"9798592651885","price":13.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/970420ccbc8ae857f23106ccbd6eb91f.webp?v=1732384322","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/final-fantasy-7-remake-story-episode-1-the-cool-soldier-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}