{"product_id":"2940150921856","title":"Escape to Phobos","description":"In the year 2205, Earth has been ravaged daily by earthquakes and \u003cbr\u003edevastating weather conditions, leaving nearly 60% of the planet's \u003cbr\u003esurface in a severe drought. Global warming and Coronal Mass \u003cbr\u003eEjections from the sun have reached critical levels and scientists \u003cbr\u003ebelieve that the Earth is facing cataclysmic conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientists have been tasked with finding a way to overcome these \u003cbr\u003edrastic food shortages for the sake of humanities survival. Lirren \u003cbr\u003eLamaar, an agricultural scientist, believes she has the solution \u003cbr\u003ewith her creation of genetic mutant seeds that will flourish \u003cbr\u003ein drought conditions. But living in California, ground zero \u003cbr\u003eto the devastating earthquakes, any moment could be her last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLirren desperately wants to believe that the Earth can be saved, \u003cbr\u003ebut finds herself torn in a world less interested in saving plant life \u003cbr\u003ein favor of a synthetic vitamin. She warns her colleagues against \u003cbr\u003ethe synthetics, but her fierce individualism and deep moral courage \u003cbr\u003ecauses others to view her as a threat, and with life hanging in the \u003cbr\u003ebalance, Lirren is in for far more than she ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLirren's savant genius teenage son, Logan, also becomes a target \u003cbr\u003eas others seek to exploit his research and ideas. Lirren struggles to \u003cbr\u003euncover the truth about what is going on and to protect her son. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust when Lirren sees no way out, she finds an ally in Xanders \u003cbr\u003ePierson, the Director of Operations and projects for a nearby \u003cbr\u003ecommercial space flight company. With conspiracies and plots \u003cbr\u003eagainst Lirren mounting, is humanities survival, and that of Lirren \u003cbr\u003eand her son, not on Earth, but in the stars?","brand":"Silver Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180194480368,"sku":"2940150921856","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150921856_p0.jpg?v=1763756197","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150921856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}