{"product_id":"the-beauty-of-the-end-9781662525667","title":"The Beauty of the End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this provocative work of speculative fiction, two sisters navigate the complex moral terrain of reproductive ethics, individual freedoms, and society's duty to a future facing imminent extinction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Tannehill and her twin sister, Maggie, are just eight years old when an unfortunate scientific discovery upends their world--and the world order. The revelation? Extinction, encoded in every creature's DNA. The expiration date for humans? Only four generations away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, unsure of what tomorrow holds, Charlie and Maggie enroll as counselors in a government-run human-husbandry program. By offering cash rewards for reproduction, they hope to forestall humanity's decline and discover a genetic mutation that might defeat it. While Charlie struggles with the ethical implications of the work, Maggie makes unspeakable sacrifices to improve her odds of success--but such unchecked ambition could come at a greater cost than even she realizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTorn between her own morality, her love for her sister, and the pressures of a vanishing civilization, Charlie must search deep within to decide what she's willing to sacrifice--for herself, for Maggie, and for society--to salvage hope for the whole of humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662525667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 351","brand":"Lauren Stienstra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45096990933173,"sku":"9781662525667","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c850381a-63a9-4fea-9909-b4532cf5cb51.jpg?v=1739282969","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-beauty-of-the-end-9781662525667","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}