{"product_id":"9781925138917","title":"Children of Zone","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1986 there was a nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union. The area, over two thousand square kilometres, was evacuated and sealed, closed off from the world by a massive wall. But 149 schoolkids are left behind, forgotten. Over time, they learn how to survive,and slowly they build a society for themselves despite the dangers - radiation, wolves, and winter - of the Zone.Twenty years after the Evacuation, a helicopter from the other side of the Wall appears, with a mysterious woman at the controls. That encounter sparks a chain of events which takes one of the Children, the hunter Isaak, back to the past,to the day of the Evacuation - and towards a confrontation which threatens the future of the Zone itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Parker is a freelance writer based in Melbourne. His non-fiction writing appears in a wide range of publications.He has two children and two cats. Children of Zone is his second novel, after This Tattooed Land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048335950064,"sku":"9781925138917","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925138917_p0.jpg?v=1763635819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925138917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}