{"product_id":"gladiator-9781985072275","title":"Gladiator","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kimia Wood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Apocalyptic \u0026amp; Post-Apocalyptic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen McConnell has heard all about the New Republic - the rising city-state that plays fast and loose with the deadly z-germ parasite.\u003cbr\u003e Desperate to know more about their medicine and the program that spreads it, he slips into the city to recover a sample for White Mesa's doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTommy Thaxton worries about Ben...but then, he worries about everything. Then Ben is captured, and he finds his concern well-founded.\u003cbr\u003e When the White Mesa security council deems a rescue attempt too risky, it's up to Tommy and a couple friends to face the dangers of the city and get Ben out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Ben survive the fight ring without stooping to the gangs' standards?\u003cbr\u003e Will Tommy find a way to get Ben home - before he's killed by the New Republic's primitive criminal justice?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Mesa Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifty years after the collapse of civilization, the gangs fight in the waste of the city for survival and resources, while a rising city-state tries to define its own version of \"progress.\"\u003cbr\u003e It's safer in White Mesa - the place that saw it coming. There, a God-centered worldview encourages personal responsibility and the value of human life...all human life...even the zombies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile each book is intended to stand alone, the series chronology is as follows: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSoldier\u003c\/i\u003e Six men under twenty, in the gang-ridden city-without supervision. What could possibly go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZombie\u003c\/i\u003e They say every civilization is built on the backs of slaves... Tommy never thought it would look like this.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGladiator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRenegade\u003c\/i\u003e When your team doesn't have you back...you get a new team.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45538467610775,"sku":"9781985072275","price":1123.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781985072275.webp?v=1767117010","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gladiator-9781985072275","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}