{"product_id":"book-1epd","title":"Death Wish","description":"\u003cp\u003eA routine freight run turns into an unbearable waiting game when a single mechanical failure sends a spaceship drifting out of the Solar System with no way back. The ship still hums, the lights still glow, and nothing appears to be moving-but the men aboard know they are accelerating into permanent exile. Trapped together in a sealed cabin, they argue, blame, joke, and unravel as the scale of their situation becomes impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs fuel calculations collapse and rescue becomes a fantasy, the crew is left with time, heat, and each other. Authority erodes. Cynicism hardens into cruelty. What begins as a technical crisis slowly becomes a psychological one, as the men confront what it means to endure when escape is no longer possible. When a last idea offers a form of continuation rather than rescue, it raises a question none of them expected to face: how much existence is too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Sheckley was one of the most distinctive voices in American science fiction, publishing hundreds of short stories across magazines such as \u003cem\u003eGalaxy Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAstounding\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIf\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e. His work is known for sharp dialogue, moral reversals, and endings that expose uncomfortable human impulses rather than heroic solutions. \"Death Wish\" exemplifies Sheckley's talent for turning a speculative problem into an intimate, claustrophobic confrontation that lingers long after the final line.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51195861893424,"sku":"BD1epd","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1epd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773778825","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1epd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}