{"product_id":"the-actual-star-9780063002906","title":"The Actual Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Mitchell's \u003cem\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/em\u003e meets Octavia Butler's Earthseed series, as acclaimed author Monica Byrne (\u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Road\u003c\/em\u003e) crafts an unforgettable piece of speculative fiction about where humanity came from, where we are now, and where we're going--and how, in every age, the same forces that drive us apart also bind us together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stone-cold masterpiece.--\u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Actual Star\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents--telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraided together are the stories of a pair of teenage twins who ascend the throne of a Maya kingdom; a young American woman on a trip of self-discovery in Belize; and two dangerous charismatics vying for the leadership of a new religion, racing toward a confrontation that will determine the fate of the few humans left on Earth after massive climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each era, a reincarnated trinity of souls navigates the entanglements of tradition and progress, sister and stranger, and love and hate--until all of their age-old questions about the nature of existence converge deep underground, where only in complete darkness can they truly see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Voyager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063002906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624","brand":"Monica Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42223581462709,"sku":"9780063002906","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fb4a5e76-0fa3-4a40-852a-23bc89b8a8b4.jpg?v=1655780932","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-actual-star-9780063002906","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}