{"product_id":"9781784746179","title":"Homebound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Day * \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Science Fiction 2026\u003ci\u003e *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix hundred years. Five interlocking lives. One computer game.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the many paths that can lead us home. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e1983: \u003c\/b\u003ea grieving teenager is left a game to complete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2083: \u003c\/b\u003ea scientist makes a radical discovery about the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2586: \u003c\/b\u003ea sea captain navigates the perils of a flooded world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeanwhile:\u003c\/b\u003e an astronaut is on a rescue mission in deep space. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do they connect? The puzzle leads back to that teenager. What she is coding will outlast her by centuries, but it will shape the lives of these four pioneering women across centuries, vast oceans and far-distant planets. It will also introduce them to a remarkable robot destined to gather together this disparate crew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomebound\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming out and coming-of-age story, a wild and precarious sea adventure, a space odyssey. As it slips through time, grief, storytelling, found family, it journeys deep into humanity's future and capacity for love.\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e-like puzzle box' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A work of joyous and serious invention' \u003cb\u003eKALIANE BRADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping... hauntingly beautiful' \u003cb\u003eMADELINE MILLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A big, bold, ecstatic world - full of heart and wonder' \u003cb\u003eRUTH OZEKI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Portia+Elan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePortia Elan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Portia Elan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004891115683,"sku":"9781784746179","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9781784746179.jpg?v=1786992713","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781784746179","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}