{"product_id":"9781429967297","title":"The Worthing Saga","description":"Test2-MacmillanNonDRM-\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrson Scott Card is \"a master of the art of storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), and\u003ci\u003e The Worthing Saga\u003c\/i\u003e is a story that only he could have written. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful--they lived their lives at the rate of one year every ten. Some created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed great plans to be put in motion. It allowed interstellar Empires to be built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt came near to destroying humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a long, long time of decadence and stagnation, a few seed ships were sent out to save our species. They carried human embryos and supplies, and teaching robots, and one man. \u003ci\u003eThe Worthing Saga \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of one of these men, Jason Worthing, and the world he found for the seed he carried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179960123632,"sku":"9781429967297","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429967297_p0.jpg?v=1763752483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429967297","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}