{"product_id":"9781616960445","title":"Shambling Towards Hiroshima","description":"\u003cb\u003eTheodore Sturgeon Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNebula and Hugo Award nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the early summer of 1945, and war reigns in the Pacific Rim with no end in sight. Back in the States, Hollywood B-movie star Syms Thorley lives in a very different world, starring as the Frankenstein-like Corpuscula and Kha-Ton-Ra, the living mummy. But the U.S. Navy has a new role waiting for Thorley, the role of a lifetime that he could never have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe top secret Knickerbocker Project is putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, mutant iguanas engineered to stomp and burn cities on the Japanese mainland. The Navy calls upon Thorley to don a rubber suit and become the merciless Gorgantis and to star in a live drama that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japanese metropolis. If the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender, and many thousands of lives will be spared; if it fails, the horrible mutant lizards will be unleashed. One thing is certain: Syms Thorley must now give the most terrifyingly convincing performance of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the dual traditions of Godzilla as a playful monster and a symbol of the dawn of the nuclear era, Shambling Towards Hiroshima unexpectedly blends the destruction of World War II with the halcyon pleasure of monster movies.","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130204930288,"sku":"9781616960445","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616960445_p0.jpg?v=1763853074","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616960445","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}