{"product_id":"a-piper-at-the-gates-stuart-michael-michael-orr-9781764088329","title":"A Piper at the Gates: Book One of The Children of Hamelin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Twisting, tumbling through the endless black, the boy pursed his lips, and with his last breath, he whistled.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- from \u003cstrong\u003eA Piper at the Gates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA song is haunting the children of starship Hamelin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey hear it everywhere-in their VR chambers, in their dreams, even through the locked doors of their family cabins. The melody calls to them. Beckons them. Especially Jack and Lucy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy lives under the eye of her military mother, dreaming of escape. Jack builds strange instruments out of salvaged code and sorrow. Neither of them knows who The Piper is... but both know they're being called.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Fleet drifts through deep space-fleeing a dying Earth, bound for a planet they'll never live to see-Jack and Lucy begin to unravel the mystery behind the song. What they discover will tear their lives apart... and offer a chance to become something more than the system ever allowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiper at the Gates is a lyrical sci-fi coming-of-age novel about love, rebellion, and the music that frees us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers who love...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Lyrical speculative fiction exploring grief, identity, and imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Stories like A Monster Calls, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Lanny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Quiet revolutionaries, mythic echoes, and the haunted edges of technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAboard the starship Hamelin, families live isolated lives, policed by strict hierarchy and digital illusion. Children study in immersive VR chambers, cut off from their parents and each other. But something has slipped through the system: a song, ancient and impossible, leaking through code and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through dual perspectives and set against a backdrop of interstellar exile, Piper at the Gates blends sci-fi, surrealism, and psychological realism in the first novel of The Children of Hamelin trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Michael Michael Orr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764088328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764088329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Civilised Ape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Stuart Michael Michael Orr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874440786175,"sku":"9781764088329","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-piper-at-the-gates-stuart-michael-michael-orr-9781764088329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}