{"product_id":"the-swallowed-world-tyler-bumpus-9780692907269","title":"The Swallowed World: The Eternal Season","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE FUTURE IS WRITTEN.\u003cbr\u003eAT THE END OF OUR WORLD IT BEGINS. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE GREAT RIFT \u003ci\u003eN. Amer. informal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe wholesale collapse of the United States of America as a political and federal entity in Y3 of the DILUVIAN ERA. Major contributing factors: mass flooding of old coastal power centers; the PETROL DROUGHT and resultant crippling of transit and supply lines; the NUTRICIDE attacks and impending nation-wide famine; the ecological CALAMITIES and shortfall of aid in affected regions; and burgeoning separatist camps ushering in the sectarian bloodbath of the OLD STATE CLASHES. The fractured country plunged headlong into a new age of war, industry, and technology from which there was no returning.\u003cb\u003e(from \u003ci\u003eTerminology of Post-Rift America\u003c\/i\u003e, 3rd Ed., Y64, DE)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003cb\u003eTHE SWALLOWED WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e-a bold new futurist saga. At the crossroads of innovation and collapse, genius and madness, humankind faces the ultimate trial to which all must submit: Transformation or extinction. From literary to science fiction, horror to allegory, the apocalyptic to the mythic-this \u003cb\u003emulti-volume epic\u003c\/b\u003e is a window into a truly alien future civilization; deep in world building, rich in character, breathtaking in scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK ONE\u003c\/b\u003e of The Swallowed World saga opens some fifty years after the Great Rift that shattered the continent, when America is again uncharted and wild. At civilization's edge, the drowned peninsula once known as Florida, a world-weary outlaw finds himself smuggling the one cargo he never dreamed he'd possess-the future of the human race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe powerful first volume of a visionary new sci-fi universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eMap and illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlossary and appendices delving deeper into the lore and mystery of The Swallowed World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eSneak preview of Book Two \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tyler Bumpus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692907262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692907269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omega Point Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Tyler Bumpus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064501362943,"sku":"9780692907269","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ca872bc-f0c1-4d11-a658-94e762cfb2ee.jpg?v=1712124471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-swallowed-world-tyler-bumpus-9780692907269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}