{"product_id":"ephemera-9780473500320","title":"Ephemera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe were probably doomed from the moment the computer virus hit the airports.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral years after a global meltdown, New Zealand, along with the rest of the world, is still in chaos. No electricity, no broadband, and people are in survival mode - at least until somebody turns the lights on again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth has always led a sheltered life. Pre-Crash, she worked as an Ephemera Librarian, now she is managing a simple, self-sufficient lifestyle. But her sister is dying from tuberculosis and her love for Juliana propels Ruth to undertake a perilous journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe intrepidly sets off from Auckland to find the man known as Nelson and his rumoured stockpile of pharmaceutical drugs. Word has it he is based at the old Huka Lodge. Along with the handsome Lance Hinckley and enigmatic Adebowale Ackers, Ruth travels by steamboat up the Waikato River - the only practical way. Her journey up the river in search of the drugs that could save her sister is as tortuous and unpredictable as the river itself. She cannot afford to trust any of her motley travelling companions, all of whom are compromised, possibly treacherous, and her journey's end promises nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe group journeys through settlements that have sprung up along the river as people try to re-establish their lives in this precarious time. With society itself broken, will Ruth manage to keep her commitment to her sister without compromising her own values?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by Joseph Conrad's \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, this post-apocalyptic, partly comedic novel reveals that things are not always what they seem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cloud Ink Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473500320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.64d","brand":"Tina Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637646258332,"sku":"9780473500320","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d89ee4c5-ac1f-4376-9ef7-bd064619a83b.jpg?v=1603845327","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ephemera-9780473500320","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}