{"product_id":"the-last-harbor-bantam-spectra-book-by-george-foy","title":"The Last Harbor by George Foy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDreams can set you free -- or imprison you forever....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed author of The Shift and Contraband delivers a brilliant new novel set in an edgy future where nothing is more dangerous than a dream....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlocum had it all: the perfect family, the perfect home, and the perfect job with X-Corp Multimedia -- a major producer of interactive virtual-reality entertainment. In a world divided between protected enclaves of luxury and blighted, decaying landscapes, the ubiquitous 3-D telecasts over the Flash hold millions in thrall with their packaged, programmed dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce Slocum helped devise those dreams, until his career at X-Corp self-destructed and with it his marriage. Now his world has shrunk to a tiny sloop berthed in the dingy harbor of a dying New England seafaring town, where the main attraction is a virtual-whaling theme park. In his solitary cabin he studies the legendary Smuggler's Bible and dreams of sailing off to a life of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen an enormous ocean liner docks beside him in the harbor: a floating palace of glittering wealth and mystery, with a single enigmatic passenger, a woman who restlessly walks the decks as if unable to leave the ship. For Slocum -- rejected by his wife and daughter, hounded by his vengeful employers, harassed by the town police, his credit cut off, his funds running out -- the alluring woman soon becomes his sole hope of escape. Only by learning her terrifying secret can he free her from her gilded captivity ... and realize his own dreams -- which, in a world of mass-produced fantasy, is the most forbidden pursuit of all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350757179466,"sku":"6344aa","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6344aa.jpg?v=1772423332","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-last-harbor-bantam-spectra-book-by-george-foy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}