{"product_id":"book-c5qd","title":"The Continent","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Have we really come so far, when a tour of the Continent is so desirable a thing? We've traded our swords for treaties, our daggers for promises-but our thirst for violence has never been quelled. And that's the crux of it-it can't be quelled. It's human nature.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor her sixteenth birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire-a trip to the Continent. It seems an unlikely destination for a holiday: a cold, desolate land where two nations remain perpetually locked in combat. Most citizens lucky enough to tour the Continent do so to observe the spectacle and violence of battle, a thing long vanished in the peaceful realm of the Spire. For Vaela, the war holds little interest. As a talented apprentice cartographer and a descendant of the Continent herself, she sees the journey as a dream come true: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve upon the maps she's drawn of this vast, frozen land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Vaela's dream all too quickly turns to nightmare as the journey brings her face-to-face with the brutal reality of a war she's only read about. Observing from the safety of a heli-plane, Vaela is forever changed by the sight of the bloody battle being waged far beneath her. And when a tragic accident leaves her stranded on the Continent, Vaela finds herself much closer to danger than she'd ever imagined-and with an entirely new perspective as to what war truly means. Starving, alone and lost in the middle of a war zone, Vaela must try to find a way home-but first, she must survive.","brand":"Harlequin Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49380354425136,"sku":"BDc5qd","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49380354457904,"sku":"ZEc5qd","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49380354490672,"sku":"ZMc5qd","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c5qd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778309726","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c5qd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}