{"product_id":"raft-sf-masterworks-9781473224056b","title":"Raft (SF Masterworks)","description":"Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence finally enters the SF Masterwork series!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nA spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFive hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials. These can be traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nRees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree - just one of the many strange local lifeforms - carrying trade between the Belt and the Raft. And what he finds will change his world...","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822796574800,"sku":"9781473224056B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781473224056-l.jpg?v=1785889554","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/raft-sf-masterworks-9781473224056b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}