{"product_id":"2940044318656","title":"The Broken Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen short stories around the themes of the wasteland, the post-apocalypse, spirituality, sanity, madness, war, enlightenment and liberation.\u003cbr\u003eStories in this collection include:\u003cbr\u003eRemnants\u003cbr\u003eNew Recruits\u003cbr\u003eBuried Deep\u003cbr\u003eThe Frail Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Weapon\u003cbr\u003eIf You Find This…\u003cbr\u003eThe Patient\u003cbr\u003eDie Again Today\u003cbr\u003eBuddha on the Road\u003cbr\u003eChildren of the Dome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemnants\u003cbr\u003eJimmy has spent his life scavenging through the remnants of the old world, living on scraps. He just needs one big find to set him up…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Recruits\u003cbr\u003eTwo teenagers are itching to join the revolution. But first, they must escape their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuried Deep\u003cbr\u003eDeep underground in the government bunker, the authorities are restless. It’s been five years, with no news, no communications. Is the war over? Did the world survive? Time to send a soldier to the surface to bring back intelligence. If he can get there.\u003cbr\u003eAbove ground, two young men on guard duty hear ominous sounds coming from below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Frail Man\u003cbr\u003eWho survives when the storm comes?\u003cbr\u003eBarlow leads his gang of raiders into the Welsh mountains, looking for Eldorado - a mythical community where some say food still grows, where children are conceived. Where people smile. He knows there’s some deeper secret, a source of wealth or power that he can seize for himself. If only he can find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secret Weapon\u003cbr\u003eIn a fallen world, an outpost of civilisation searches for a weapon that will save them from the wild raiders. Can they rediscover the old magic, the weapons that destroyed their world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf You Find This…\u003cbr\u003eSometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who most fervently want to help…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Patient\u003cbr\u003eWho is the strange man sitting alone on the park bench, staring at the trees? What goes through his mind? Is he mad? Or dangerous? Or sick? And is it contagious?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDie Again Today\u003cbr\u003eRescued from drowning, trainee doctor Sarah finds herself on board the yacht of an obsessive billionaire. He has saved her life, but now he wants answers to the most important questions of all: what lies beyond the grave, and can he take his money with him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuddha on the Road\u003cbr\u003eHarlow wants to put the war behind him and forget about conflict and violence. But can he turn his back on confrontation? And when a new enemy appears, can his fragile sanity survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren of the Dome\u003cbr\u003eThere’s nowhere to run, when war comes ….\u003cbr\u003eWhen soldiers attack the dome where they have lived all their lives, two teenagers, Michael and Sarah, escape to the outside world, desperate to get away from the gunfire, the explosions, the screaming. But what will they eat and where will they find shelter in this strange environment? Can they ever go home? And who will teach them to live in the wild?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon J Townley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107804135664,"sku":"2940044318656","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044318656_p0.jpg?v=1763661697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044318656","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}