{"product_id":"raft-baxter-stephen-9781473224056","title":"Raft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Such realistic brilliance you can see a whole civilisation in it\"\u003c\/b\u003e - The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simply amazing science fiction that will have me grabbing book two\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"one of the best scifi concepts out there\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"The Broken Binding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124902437242,"sku":"9781473224056","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6558\/2840\/files\/9781473224056.jpg?v=1785329305","url":"https:\/\/thebrokenbinding.co.uk\/products\/raft-baxter-stephen-9781473224056","provider":"The Broken Binding","version":"1.0","type":"link"}