{"product_id":"sunbirth-1","title":"Sunbirth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs the sun starts slowly disappearing, the residents of a remote town in the desert find themselves undergoing shocking transformations in this dazzlingly eerie and bewitching novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Five Poems Lake, a town surrounded by impenetrable deserts, the sun is slowly disappearing overhead. A young woman keeps an apprehensive eye on the sky above as she tends her family’s pharmacy of traditional medicine. She has few customers, and even fewer visitors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer father was found dead by the lake twelve years ago, in unexplained circumstances. Her elder sister, Dong Ji, works at a wellness parlour across town for those who can afford it – which, during these strange and difficult days, is not many. The town fell on hard times long before the sun began to shrink.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut now, as the temperature drops and the lake freezes over, the inhabitants of the town realise there is no way they can survive. When the Beacons appear – ordinary people with heads replaced by searing, blinding light, like miniature suns – the residents wonder if they may hold the answer to their salvation, or if they are just another sign of impending ruin. Soon, Dong Ji and her sister will uncover a photograph which may offer a clue in the mystery of the Beacons, and finally help them learn what happened to their father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"An Yu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56021773615491,"sku":"9781787304970","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1788.png?v=1752764281","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/sunbirth-1","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}