{"product_id":"awakening-w-r-stanek-9781666002416","title":"Awakening: A Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe machines did not conquer humanity. They simply replaced it. In the cities humans lost, they move through systems no one understands, building, watching, and carrying on as if people were nothing more than a forgotten species beneath their notice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Cedes has grown up in Central, one of the last human settlements, where survival means scavenging, obeying Matthew's laws, and never asking dangerous questions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Cedes has never known how to stop asking. She wants to know why the machines came, what really happened to the old world, and why Luke-the only person who taught her to think beyond the walls-vanished without a trace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her search for him leads her into secrets everyone else is afraid to name, Cedes discovers the machines may not be indifferent after all. They may have been watching humanity all along. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting, atmospheric, and quietly terrifying, \u003cstrong\u003eAfter the Machines\u003c\/strong\u003e begins a post-human saga about memory, identity, survival, and one girl's refusal to accept that humanity ended quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. R. Stanek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666002410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666002416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rp Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"W. R. Stanek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49002060022015,"sku":"9781666002416","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/awakening-w-r-stanek-9781666002416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}