{"product_id":"shroud","title":"Shroud","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists - and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud's inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. It also begins to understand them . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0316579025\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780316579025\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Tchaikovsky, Adrian\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jun 2025)","offer_id":46080220987589,"sku":"9780316579025","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780316579025.jpg?v=1776035502","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/shroud","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}