{"product_id":"the-ferryman","title":"The Ferryman","description":"'Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.'  STEPHEN KING  *****  The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .  Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whispers begin to grow into cries for revolution.  Meanwhile, life for Prosperans is perfection - and when it's not, their bodies are sent to the mysterious third island: a facility named The Nursery, to be rebooted and restart life afresh.  Proctor Bennett is a Ferryman, who shepherds the soon-to-be retired into the unknown. He never questioned his work until the day he is delivered a cryptic message:  \"The world is not the world...\"  These simple words unravel something that he has secretly suspected. They seep into strange dreams - of the stars and the sea - and the unshakeable feeling that someone is trying to tell him something important.  Something greater than anyone could possibly imagine, which could change the fate of humanity itself...  *****  'A mind-bending novel full of big ideas and a rollercoaster's worth of twists and turns - so powerful and thrilling!'  ANDY WEIR, author of The Martian","brand":"Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40696327503957,"sku":"9781409182078N","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/11e7693d-0c89-40f9-bac8-870905ebcd06.jpg?v=1695824579","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-ferryman","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}