{"product_id":"nova-and-rook-the-world-below","title":"Nova and Rook: The World Below","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"11990\" data-end=\"12046\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"11990\" data-end=\"12046\"\u003eBeneath the Sahara lies a city no map admits exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12048\" data-end=\"12210\"\u003eFollowing an impossible signal discovered at the end of \u003cem data-start=\"12104\" data-end=\"12123\"\u003eThe Ghost Element\u003c\/em\u003e, Nova Vale and Rook Mercer join a carefully controlled expedition into the Azel Basin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12212\" data-end=\"12312\"\u003eThe mission is supposed to investigate underground water and unidentified archaeological structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12314\" data-end=\"12348\"\u003eThen the desert begins to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12350\" data-end=\"12499\"\u003eA sealed passage opens beneath the dunes. Warm air rises from below. Lights move inside the darkness. And a human voice speaks from beneath the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12501\" data-end=\"12784\"\u003eFar below the surface lies \u003cstrong data-start=\"12528\" data-end=\"12536\"\u003eAsha\u003c\/strong\u003e—a vast, living city containing farms, reservoirs, railways, forests and an artificial sky controlled by an ancient system called Lumen. Generations of people have lived there believing that their protected world contains everything humanity needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"12786\" data-end=\"13145\"\u003eAsha’s citizens move through carefully defined Life Circles. At sixty, each person undergoes \u003cstrong data-start=\"12879\" data-end=\"12894\"\u003ethe Passage\u003c\/strong\u003e, leaving their family to serve in a distant settlement from which no one returns. Dangerous technical and historical knowledge is held inside the \u003cstrong data-start=\"13041\" data-end=\"13057\"\u003eWhole Memory\u003c\/strong\u003e, accessible only to senior Stewards who decide what each generation is allowed to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"13147\" data-end=\"13224\"\u003eNova immediately questions the city’s maps, boundaries and missing histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"13226\" data-end=\"13331\"\u003eRook discovers that the systems maintaining its air, water and artificial daylight are beginning to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"13333\" data-end=\"13606\"\u003eAs reservoirs fall and the false sky cracks open, the people of Asha learn that the surface is real. At the same time, Nova and Rook uncover evidence of another hidden city, separated generations and a network of ancient continuity chambers extending far beyond the Sahara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"13608\" data-end=\"13869\"\u003eContact with the surface brings new dangers. Governments claim territory. Archaeologists demand access. Technology companies calculate the value of Asha’s systems. News spreads before the people below have decided whether they want to become a global discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"13871\" data-end=\"14034\"\u003eThen Asha’s preservation system activates its final defence: erase unstable knowledge, restore the old history and close every horizon before the truth can escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14036\" data-end=\"14226\"\u003eNova and Rook must help two divided cities reconnect, repair an underground climate system and stop centuries of memory from being deleted—without replacing one form of control with another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14228\" data-end=\"14290\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"14228\" data-end=\"14290\"\u003eShould dangerous knowledge be destroyed, hidden or shared?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14292\" data-end=\"14379\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"14292\" data-end=\"14379\"\u003eAnd who has the right to decide what an entire civilisation is allowed to remember?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14381\" data-end=\"14670\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"14381\" data-end=\"14398\"\u003eThe World Below\u003c\/em\u003e is the spectacular fifth and final novel in the \u003cem data-start=\"14447\" data-end=\"14485\"\u003eNova \u0026amp; Rook: Ground Truth Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e series. It combines archaeological mystery, underground exploration, science fiction, survival, first contact and powerful questions about freedom, memory and the ownership of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14672\" data-end=\"14881\"\u003ePerfect for readers aged \u003cstrong data-start=\"14697\" data-end=\"14706\"\u003e12–16\u003c\/strong\u003e who enjoy lost civilisations, secret worlds, artificial environments, ancient technology, dramatic discoveries and adventures filled with moral choices and unexpected twists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"14883\" data-end=\"15211\"\u003eThe city’s artificial sky and restricted archive are central to the story: Asha’s institutions preserve technical and historical knowledge inside the Whole Memory while preventing those affected by omissions from inspecting the reasons behind them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"15213\" data-end=\"15603\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15213\" data-end=\"15224\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eric Henry\u003cbr data-start=\"15235\" data-end=\"15238\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15238\" data-end=\"15249\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"15250\" data-end=\"15288\"\u003eNova \u0026amp; Rook: Ground Truth Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e — Book Five and series finale\u003cbr data-start=\"15318\" data-end=\"15321\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15321\" data-end=\"15349\"\u003eRecommended reading age:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12–16 years\u003cbr data-start=\"15361\" data-end=\"15364\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15364\" data-end=\"15375\"\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 387 pages\u003cbr data-start=\"15385\" data-end=\"15388\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15388\" data-end=\"15397\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0669226-0-4\u003cbr data-start=\"15415\" data-end=\"15418\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15418\" data-end=\"15432\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Questbound Studios Limited\u003cbr data-start=\"15459\" data-end=\"15462\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"15462\" data-end=\"15475\"\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated novel with black-and-white maps, city diagrams and technical illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Questbound Studios Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67592170373424,"sku":"9781066922604","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/nova-and-rook-the-world-below","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}