{"product_id":"the-ship-9781780227344","title":"The Ship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to London, but not as you know it. Oxford Street burned for three weeks; Regent's Park has been bombed; the British Museum is occupied by those with nowhere else to go.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos, but now she's sixteen, her father decides it's time to use their escape route - a ship big enough to save five hundred people. Once on board, as day follows identical day, Lalla's unease grows. Where are they going? What does her father really want? What is the price of salvation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoneywell's debut is ambitious and well written and provides endless possibilities for debate. * THE GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark 20 years from now, but don't underestimate its originality. Read it and be challenged. -- Fiona Wilson * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eAddictive and thought-provoking * ELLE *\u003cbr\u003eAs engrossing as it is chilling, this potent first novel fuses an apocalyptic coming-of-age story with a fierce interrogation of what it means to be truly alive -- Hepzibah Anderson * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious debut that takes the tale of the Ark and updates it for a world bedevilled by global warming . . . will send shivers up your spine. -- Erica Wagner * HARPER'S BAZAAR *\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful futuristic fable with huge power to haunt and disturb -- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts\u003cbr\u003eThe Ship is tense, engaging and emotionally charged: I devoured this novel -- Helen Dunmore\u003cbr\u003eAn outstanding read from a strikingly original new talent. \u003ci\u003eThe Ship\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a luxury voyage into the future with a chosen elite  - but the passengers don't know where they're going, and there's a dissenter on board. A brilliant, disturbing book that makes you question everything about the way we live now. -- Maggie Gee\u003cbr\u003eIt's haunted me since I finished it. * RICHARD EYRE *\u003cbr\u003e'A hugely gripping depiction of a future world, \u003ci\u003eThe Ship\u003c\/i\u003e is all the more chilling for its sense of authenticity. Honeywell has written a story that will make you question the value we place on love and freedom and what we'd be willing to sacrifice for those precious commodities ourselves. I couldn't put it down' -- Kerry Hudson, author of Thirst\u003cbr\u003eA disturbing story from a bright new talent -- Salley Vickers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ship\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking, claustrophobic novel. As I read, the world on the ship would shrink in on me, then suddenly expand to fill the horizon. I don't think I've read a novel that has had such an impact on me for a long time ... I defy anyone not to fall in love with this novel. * NORTHERN EDITORIAL *\u003cbr\u003eHoneywell's writing is clean and crisp, with a strong voice and great sense of emotion and atmosphere ... This is a nugget of delight from an impressive first-time author * HOUSE OF BLOG *\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully enchanting novel, with a theme I found as thought-provoking as they come * REVIEWED THE BOOK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ship \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonderful first book - framing the utopian\/dystopian genre in a coming of age story. It is both achingly sad and profoundly troubling * CLOUDBANKS \u0026amp; SHIMBLESHANKS *\u003cbr\u003eAntonia Honeywell is an exciting new talent. The Ship is original and quite brilliant. * RANDOM THINGS THROUGH MY LETTERBOX *\u003cbr\u003eI have not often come across books that are as powerful and thought-provoking as this * COSMOCHICKLITAN *\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, it's a story that has the power to stay with you, to ask questions beyond the last word * VANISREADING *\u003cbr\u003eIt's taut and full of suspense and keeps the reader guessing all the way through * VERITY READS BOOKS *\u003cbr\u003ea great idea... some great touches * PRESS ASSOCIATION *\u003cbr\u003eA thought-provoking novel that will without doubt spark debate. * CLOSER *\u003cbr\u003eHoneywell makes no secret of her environmental concerns, but rather than coming across as preachy, it gives this coming-of-age tale a real punch. -- Jonathan Hatfull * SCIFINOW *\u003cbr\u003eTopical and thought-provoking stuff * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *\u003cbr\u003e\"a clever reframing of sci-fi's old 'happy dream or tough real life?' trope.\" * THE SUN *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020398821719,"sku":"9781780227344","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781780227344.jpg?v=1750783316","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ship-9781780227344","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}