{"product_id":"when-the-rain-came","title":"When the Rain Came","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe rain never stops. The world is drowning. Survival is everything. This is the first book in a new\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e gripping dystopian adventure series for young adult readers by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Matt Eicheldinger.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“If we stay here, if we keep wandering without a real plan, we won’t last. Maybe The Hill is dangerous. But maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s the only plan we have.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sixteen-year-old Aurora knows how to survive. Life in the foster system has taught her how to stay quiet, stay smart, and stay ready. But nothing could prepare her for \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e: a never-ending storm that swallows cities, drowns forests, and turns the world into a flooded wasteland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Trapped in a collapsing house with her strict prepper foster parents, Aurora is forced to live by their rules just to stay alive. Until the day they disappear without a trace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlone\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAbandoned\u003c\/b\u003e. And\u003cb\u003e running out of time\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All Aurora has is a waterlogged scrap of paper and a name: “The Hill.” With looters closing in and the floodwaters rising higher each day, she’s left with \u003cb\u003eone impossible choice\u003c\/b\u003e—stay and wait for the storm to take her, or risk everything on a journey through the drowned remains of the world, to a find a place that may or not exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s forward or nothing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With echoes of \u003ci\u003eLife As We Knew It\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e, Aurora’s story is a \u003cb\u003egripping, emotionally resonant survival story\u003c\/b\u003e about \u003cb\u003eresilience, found family\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eone girl’s fight to reclaim her future in a drowning world.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495286481269,"sku":"9798881605131","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798881605131.jpg?v=1786617974","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/when-the-rain-came","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}