{"product_id":"9781529340587","title":"As You Wake, Break the Shell","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Becky Chambers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Science fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e October 2026 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodderscape) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 480 pages, N\/A \u003cbr\u003e238mm x 160mm | 700g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stars are waiting for you. We hope you will come find us there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in alternating timelines, As You Wake, Break the Shell is a heartfelt and hopeful story from the award-winning writer of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, exploring what it means to be human and what it means to come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife on Fortune is hard. The atmosphere is poisonous, the planet hardly fit for life. But for its inhabitants, it's home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePilot Cora suffers from a rare and dangerous condition, brought about by her bond with Colibri, the alien animal she pilots to quarry vital water for the colony. If Cora seeks treatment, she risks losing her license - and her connection to Colibri forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she meets Signy, a brilliant but reclusive botanist, whose bio-printed medicine is the only thing that can save her. But to do so, Signy must break the rules that govern their lives, risking her livelihood and the other colonists who rely on her for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Cora and Signy navigate their balance of risk and trust, they are forced to confront what they owe to each other and to their community - and begin to question whether survival is enough . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'THIS is the book I've been waiting for' REBECCA THORNE'A miracle' ANTONIA HODGSON 'Becky Chambers never misses' L.R. LAM Readers love AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL'This book was pure poetry' ????? 'Becky Chambers remains a wonder, and I can't wait to read whatever she writes next' ????? 'Books that comfort the soul and expand the mind' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57488257614199,"sku":"9781529340587","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529340587.jpg?v=1790243744","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781529340587","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}