{"product_id":"mysterium-9780765327413","title":"Mysterium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMysterium\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Charles Wilson blends science, religion, philosophy and alternate history into an intelligent, compelling work of fiction (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a top-secret government installation near the small town of Two Rivers, Michigan, scientists are investigating a mysterious object discovered several years earlier. Late one evening, the local residents observe strange lights coming from the laboratory. The next morning, they awake to find that their town was literally cut off from the rest of the world...and thrust into a new one  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon the town is discovered by the bewildered leaders of this new world--at which point, the people of Two Rivers realize that they've arrived in a rigid theocracy. The authorities, known as the Bureau de la Covenance Religieuse, have ordered Linneth Stone, a young ethnologist, to analyze the arrivals and report her findings to the Lieutenant in charge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Linneth finds will challenge the philosophical basis of her society and lead inexorably to a struggle for power centering on the mysterious object that Two Rivers' government scientists were studying when the town slipped between worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765327413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Robert Charles Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642523447452,"sku":"9780765327413","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c474ed89-3f6b-45d4-b400-db77c5815a6d.jpg?v=1603855012","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mysterium-9780765327413","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}