{"product_id":"9781069290229","title":"Refugium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Last Surviving Forest of a Shattered World, Three Ancient Hominids Stand Against Brutal Invaders. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74,000 BCE. The Toba super-eruption has plunged Southeast Asia into volcanic winter. In this apocalyptic wasteland, survival lies only in rare, sheltered pockets of land -- \u003cem\u003erefugia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young primitive man and the remnants of his clan find one such haven: a mist-shrouded forest shielded from the ash-choked world beyond. He is known as Last -- the smallest, weakest, an outcast among his people. His sole mission: protect his eight-year-old brother, the only family he has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a more advanced human species invades, slaughtering the clan and enslaving the women and children, Last must form an uneasy alliance with two dangerous forest hominids -- one dwarflike, the other monstrous -- to rescue the boy he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefugium\u003c\/em\u003e is a fact-based prehistoric thriller set against one of Earth's deadliest extinction events. It boldly pushes the limits of hope, human endurance, and the most extraordinary interspecies alliance ever forged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brutal, thrilling novel about what it takes to become an apex predator.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eForeword Clarion Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRefugium\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds as both a gripping survival narrative and a profound meditation on human consciousness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e -- IndieReader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sovran Media Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084931006525,"sku":"9781069290229","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781069290229_p0.jpg?v=1775250115","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781069290229","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}