{"product_id":"way-down-dark-9781444796339","title":"Way Down Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Imagine a nightmare from which there is no escape. Seventeen-year-old Chan''s ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a new home. They never found one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is a hell where no one can hide. The only life that Chan''s ever known is one of violence, of fighting. Of trying to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is a ship of death, of murderers and cults and gangs. But there might be a way to escape. In order to find it, Chan must head way down into the darkness - a place of buried secrets, long-forgotten lies, and the abandoned bodies of the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is \u003ci\u003eAustralia. \u003c\/i\u003eSeventeen-year-old Chan, fiercely independent and self-sufficient, keeps her head down and lives quietly, careful not to draw attention to herself amidst the violence and disorder. Until the day she makes an extraordinary discovery - a way to return the \u003ci\u003eAustralia\u003c\/i\u003e to Earth. But doing so would bring her to the attentio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHard-hitting, lightning-paced and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eWay Down Dark\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a thrilling fight for survival in a world where death lurks around every corner. Fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e will devour it, although they might not want to read it after dark...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dark and brutal new YA trilogy with a heroine who could whup Katniss any day of the week.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the stars align, I feel like I won a small lottery. Such is the case with James Smythe. - Wired\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young writer with a preternaturally powerful and distinctive voice. - Guardian\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSavage, intimate, inexorable.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs if Philip K Dick and David Mitchell collaborated on an episode of \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e. Unsettling, gripping and hugely thought-provoking.","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739258040663,"sku":"9781444796339","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444796339.jpg?v=1720051663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/way-down-dark-9781444796339","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}