{"product_id":"gladiator-kimia-wood-9781985072275","title":"Gladiator","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen McConnell has heard all about the New Republic - the rising city-state that plays fast and loose with the deadly z-germ parasite.\u003cbr\u003e Desperate to know more about their medicine and the program that spreads it, he slips into the city to recover a sample for White Mesa's doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTommy Thaxton worries about Ben...but then, he worries about everything. Then Ben is captured, and he finds his concern well-founded.\u003cbr\u003e When the White Mesa security council deems a rescue attempt too risky, it's up to Tommy and a couple friends to face the dangers of the city and get Ben out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Ben survive the fight ring without stooping to the gangs' standards?\u003cbr\u003e Will Tommy find a way to get Ben home - before he's killed by the New Republic's primitive criminal justice?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Mesa Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifty years after the collapse of civilization, the gangs fight in the waste of the city for survival and resources, while a rising city-state tries to define its own version of \"progress.\"\u003cbr\u003e It's safer in White Mesa - the place that saw it coming. There, a God-centered worldview encourages personal responsibility and the value of human life...all human life...even the zombies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile each book is intended to stand alone, the series chronology is as follows: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSoldier\u003c\/i\u003e Six men under twenty, in the gang-ridden city-without supervision. What could possibly go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZombie\u003c\/i\u003e They say every civilization is built on the backs of slaves... Tommy never thought it would look like this.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGladiator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRenegade\u003c\/i\u003e When your team doesn't have you back...you get a new team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimia Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1985072270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781985072275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Kimia Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940638195967,"sku":"9781985072275","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_74afeced-6b99-4aa0-8900-1ef253b9927b.jpg?v=1681448339","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gladiator-kimia-wood-9781985072275","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}