{"product_id":"above-the-ground","title":"Above the Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA post-apocalyptic science fiction novel about what vanished, what survived, and the secret that connects them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e100 years ago, the Native Americans vanished. No one knew why, no one knew how. The world was stunned -- and then it moved on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, nuclear annihilation has reshaped everything. Betty Anders, a small-town teacher in Nebraska, survived the bombs with her husband David. As they emerge from their bunker into a post-apocalyptic world, they discover something impossible: a civilization rebuilt with technology and knowledge that shouldn't exist. Science that leaps centuries ahead. A society without suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Betty can't shake the feeling that these events are connected to the great vanishing of 100 years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbove the Ground is a layered, thought-provoking novel that examines racial inequality, the cost of progress, and what humanity could achieve if it stopped destroying itself. It's post-apocalyptic fiction with a radical twist -- what if the apocalypse was the beginning, not the end? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of: Station Eleven, The Road, Black Mirror, Octavia Butler, and N.K. Jemisin.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreated by Matthew Medney \u0026amp; Robert Greenberger Hardcover Published by GUNGNIR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gungnir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50322030756197,"sku":"9781962594035","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_6bbc90e3-ec80-46ad-8f6c-6fb17dc22fde.jpg?v=1787596693","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/above-the-ground","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}