{"product_id":"9781743531570","title":"South of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You will hardly read a more fascinating account of a convict's voyage to Australia\" \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world- a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152058335472,"sku":"9781743531570","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743531570_p0.jpg?v=1763705270","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743531570","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}