{"product_id":"the-great-edge-george-gunn-9781907676949","title":"The Great Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE GREAT EDGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e brings together lives - ancient and modern - on the northern plateau where Scotland stops and starts, where history and myth fuel everyday reality, and where nothing is as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen an archaeologist comes to Caithness to research an early Christian chapel, she must reckon with a crisis that is global and contemporary as well as local and ancient. Adopted by Fracher, a retired roughneck and local fisherman, Mags is spun into a galaxy of characters and events that force her to a profound understanding of the relationship between Past, Present and Future. Meanwhile, in 21st-century Atomic City, the decommissioning of a national nuclear icon brings several dreams to an end.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE GREAT EDGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a story of science, engineering and geology; of Picts and Irish monks, Norse mythology, and Celtic civilisation. Through the eyes of a Norse skald, we begin to see there is little in the 21st century that hasn't been experienced before. As we witness global warming and Arctic ice-melt, are we all waiting for the wave? In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE GREAT EDGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e the wave duly arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Gunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1907676945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907676949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.75d","brand":"George Gunn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486256378111,"sku":"9781907676949","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1f3e649-65be-4d8d-896f-bab23a4eb55f.jpg?v=1778054567","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-edge-george-gunn-9781907676949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}