{"product_id":"maelstrom-paperback-3","title":"Maelstrom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWatts Peter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the way the world ends: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA nuclear strike on a deep sea vent. The target was an ancient microbe--voracious enough to drive the whole biosphere to extinction--and a handful of amphibious humans called rifters who'd inadvertently released it from three billion years of solitary confinement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe resulting tsunami killed millions. It's not as through there was a choice: saving the world excuses almost any degree of collateral damage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnless, of course, you miss the target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow North America's west coast lies in ruins. Millions of refugees rally around a mythical figure mysteriously risen from the deep sea. A world already wobbling towards collapse barely notices the spread of one more blight along its shores. And buried in the seething fast-forward jungle that use to be called Internet, something vast and inhuman reaches out to a woman with empty white eyes and machinery in her chest. A woman driven by rage, and incubating Armageddon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer name is Lenie Clarke. She's a rifter. She's not nearly as dead as everyone thinks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd the whole damn world is collateral damage as far as she's concerned. . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Watts\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131753762951,"sku":"9780765320537","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4d2cdf1b54b815a4600445ce70b26237.webp?v=1732621051","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/maelstrom-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}