{"product_id":"expiation-1","title":"Expiation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-weight:\u003eA hard science-fiction series with a post apocalyptic fantasy feel, the Shadeward Saga is set on the imaginary planet Esurio, in orbit about the red dwarf Lacaille 9352, a real star just over 10 lightyears from Earth. The planet is tidally locked; one side always faces the star, and the other is plunged into eternal darkness. Only between the two extremes is life possible. Long ago it was colonized, but knowledge of those events has since fallen into myth and legend...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003e'The whole Shadeward series is a beautiful story of love, war...betrayal, pain and ultimately understanding and reconciliation. It spans sci-fi and fantasy in a twisting turning sometimes shocking tale of hidden power and murderous ambition seen through the eyes of some of the most compelling and memorable characters I’ve ever read. The story takes you through an emotional rollercoaster never really knowing for sure who you can trust or where loyalties lie until well towards the end of the series which builds to an incredibly moving finale.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003e'I haven't read many books that have brought me to tears, but this did on more than one occasion. Powerfully written right up to the end, I will miss the many characters that I grew to love and loathe over this series. Story writing at its very finest.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003e'This series couldn't have ended in a much more spectacular fashion. All of the strings are tied up nicely, and for a story that is so epic in its scope, it hits all of the right emotional beats. This story has everything. It is also, in no uncertain terms, the end of the journey. Kiri, Zoella and Meru won't grace another page again. But, with the way their tales are told, I think I'm okay with that.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-weight:\u003eExpiation, Book Four of the Shadeward Saga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIn the final installment of the Shadeward Saga, the stakes are raised to the highest point. The threat to the planet becomes imperative and a last ditched attempt to deal with the problem is compounded by the unresolved animosity between Kiri and Zoella.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe priestesses plot their own revenge as the nature of the power that has twisted the course of fate on Esurio is finally revealed. It becomes clear that life will soon be threatened all across Esurio and only a handful of people are able to stop the destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDesperate voyages are undertaken in order to stave off the threat, for time is now of the essence as Lacaille burns ever more fiercely in the sky above.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eKiri, Meru and Zoella learn that sacrifices have to made to secure the future of their planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dawn Rite Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67374720418096,"sku":"9781915966445","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/expiation-1","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}