{"product_id":"9780987149800","title":"Hard Rain","description":"GLOBAL CONFLICT BATTLES INNER TURMOIL AS\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL CROW TRIES TO MAKE SENSE OF THE\u003cbr\u003eVIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION.\u003cbr\u003eCORPORATE POWER PLAYS AND THE SECRET\u003cbr\u003eAGENDA OF WORLD GOVERNMENT'S ARE THE\u003cbr\u003ePUPPET MASTER STRINGS THAT ENTANGLE HIM.\u003cbr\u003eJust an ordinary citizen, leading an ordinary life, Michael Crow finds himself at the centre of civilisation in total meltdown. The neighbourhood has gone mad. The city has gone mad. And the world has gone mad.\u003cbr\u003eIn the middle of it all, are the victims, the ordinary people. They are bashed, raped, pillaged and murdered. Entire countries suffer the same fate as world governments scramble to divide and control the remaining natural resources, including the vast reserves of human body parts.\u003cbr\u003eFrom Australia to Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,\u003cbr\u003eChina and Korea, we see how greed brings humanity to its knees, for the final showdown. But not before Crow unleashes his grand solution.\u003cbr\u003eGone are the days of up close and personal warfare, Crow directs his invisible gene altering warriors from the comfort of his observatory command console, perched high on a storm ravaged cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.\u003cbr\u003eBut the price Crow pays for saving the world is not just his life, it's his soul...\u003cbr\u003eAnd it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,\u003cbr\u003eIt's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping storytelling, frighteningly realistic and ultimately unnerving as the boundaries of thriller\/\u003cbr\u003ehorror\/science are pushed to new limits. Move over Dan Brown and Michael Crichton, there's a new a kid in town.\"\u003cbr\u003eH A R D R A I N\u003cbr\u003eA Techno-thriller\u003cbr\u003e© Manfred Pichler 2012","brand":"Mindshock Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017707340016,"sku":"9780987149800","price":19.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780987149800_p0.jpg?v=1763889043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987149800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}