{"product_id":"9780889954045","title":"Big Big Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e 2009 Rainbow List Nominee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eResource Link's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best of 2008\" List \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes it's harder to kill than pod might think. \u003cbr\u003e I crouch in the dark, stare into the manimal's shining eyes. \u003cbr\u003e It blinks right at me. It shakes in fear. Its thrumping furred chest quickens my own pulse. The thing wave-sends a sonic roll of pure emo: terror, disbelief, and a wee glimmer of hope...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRustle is a young scout in a tight-knit female warrior group of five. They're trained to be aggressive, quick thinking, obedient - though for what exact purpose they couldn't quite tell you. But somehow the group is falling apart now. The leader Shona turns out to be a traitor to them. Roku has disappeared. Rustle has failed to show her killing skills in a crucial test of courage, and is feeling quite separate from the others. Loo is a true warrior, ready and able for action of the most extreme kind, though Rustle's private yen for her has not dimmed. Solomon, the healer of the group, is a steady hand, but not even her stability can save them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when their StarPod is transported to the Living Lab, they all know that it's time to make a run for it, or else they'll be deplugged - finished, dead. It takes a lot of wit and energy, but eventually they make it to the outside of the great mountain where they've been raised and trained and programmed-and here for the first time they behold the big, big sky of the real world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Deer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028144374000,"sku":"9780889954045","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889954045_p0.jpg?v=1763867153","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889954045","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}