{"product_id":"book-arv8","title":"The Lives of Tao","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen out-of-shape IT technician Roen wakes up and starts hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumes he’s losing it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe isn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs of last night, he has a passenger in his brain—an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Over the millennia his people have trained human heroes to be great leaders, to advance our species at a rate far beyond what it would have achieved on its own. Split into two opposing factions—the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix—the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet…and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that’s what it takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo now Roen must train to be a hero worthy of his unwanted companion. Like that’s going to end up well.…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wesley Chu is my hero.… He has to be the coolest science fiction writer in the world.” —Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOsama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49387195171120,"sku":"BDarv8","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49387195203888,"sku":"10arv8","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/arv8-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773808522","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-arv8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}