{"product_id":"books-refugium-by-eric-nicholas","title":"Refugium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Last Surviving Forest of a Shattered World, Three Ancient Hominids Stand Against Brutal Invaders. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74,000 BCE. The Toba super-eruption has plunged Southeast Asia into volcanic winter. In this apocalyptic wasteland, survival lies only in rare, sheltered pockets of land -- \u003cem\u003erefugia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young primitive man and the remnants of his clan find one such haven: a mist-shrouded forest shielded from the ash-choked world beyond. He is known as Last -- the smallest, weakest, an outcast among his people. His sole mission: protect his eight-year-old brother, the only family he has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a more advanced human species invades, slaughtering the clan and enslaving the women and children, Last must form an uneasy alliance with two dangerous forest hominids -- one dwarflike, the other monstrous -- to rescue the boy he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefugium\u003c\/em\u003e is a fact-based prehistoric thriller set against one of Earth's deadliest extinction events. It boldly pushes the limits of hope, human endurance, and the most extraordinary interspecies alliance ever forged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brutal, thrilling novel about what it takes to become an apex predator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eForeword Clarion Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefugium\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds as both a gripping survival narrative and a profound meditation on human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e -- IndieReader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53775034646801,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781069290212_b8520b00-34a1-4621-944f-273384454ddb.jpg?v=1783989036","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-refugium-by-eric-nicholas","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}