{"product_id":"raft-by-stephen-baxter-9781473224056","title":"Raft","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Such realistic brilliance you can see a whole civilisation in it\"\u003c\/b\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simply amazing science fiction that will have me grabbing book two\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"one of the best scifi concepts out there\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaft\u003c\/i\u003e is Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA spaceship from Earth accidentally survives the transition to a radically different universe. Five hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star. They trade for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, and where a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him a stowaway on a flying tree. And what he finds will change his world...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46990846197996,"sku":"9781473224056","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14378083482712.jpg?v=1763071162","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/raft-by-stephen-baxter-9781473224056","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}