{"product_id":"9780008239725","title":"Joker Moon","description":"The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by fantasy titan George R.R. Martin.In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was devastated by a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived were changed for ever. This is the story of that world.Theodorus was a dreamer.As a child, he dreamed of aeroplanes, rockets and outer space. When the wild card virus touched him and transformed him into a monstrous snail centaur weighing several tons, his boyhood dreams seemed out of reach, but a Witherspoon is not so easily defeated. Years and decades passed, and Theodorus grew to maturity and came into his fortune . . . but still his dream endured.But now when he looked upward into the night sky, he saw more than just the Moon . . . he saw a joker homeland, a refuge where the outcast children of the wild card could make a place of their own, safe from hate and harm.An impossible dream, some said. Others, alarmed by the prospect, brought all their power to bear to oppose him. Theodorus persisted . . .. . . never dreaming that the Moon was already inhabited. And the Moon Maid did not want company.For decades, George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201232830642,"sku":"9780008239725","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008239725.jpg?v=1785658785","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780008239725","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}