{"product_id":"ripe-james-hider-9781685131999","title":"Ripe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 San Francisco Book Festival WINNER - Science Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone remembers exactly where they were, the day the ships came.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat no one knew back then, though, was that there were people who were already expecting them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScottish psychologist Elspeth McGann thinks her patient Lester Rains-a suave, enigmatic man who claims to be have been alive for 2,000 years and to be part of a team of extraterrestrial 'farmers' waiting on Earth for an alien harvest-is a delusional schizophrenic. But when vast ships suddenly appear over Moscow and vacuum up 50,000 people in a matter of hours, she realizes she must track down the elusive Rains. In her search, she stumbles upon a group who are already trying to track down the farmers. This band of renegades is led by Cassius C. Trenton, a former NSA analyst who has been on the run since he broke the code on a mystery transmission beamed into space from Earth years ago, and which bore a single, chilling message: Ripe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the aliens set to return, and some world leaders complicit in their plans, Elspeth and Trenton must seek out Rains and find a way of escaping the impending apocalypse, a hunt that takes them from Edinburgh to the White House, only to discover the harvest is just the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Hider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685131999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685131999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"James Hider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122001015039,"sku":"9781685131999","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e75bfbee-6b25-4d52-8489-cce5e140ff7e.jpg?v=1687422579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ripe-james-hider-9781685131999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}