{"product_id":"sustenance-9798284521380","title":"Sustenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ridley Park\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a town where nothing changes, something has.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kenny stumbles upon a group of violet-skinned strangers camping behind his father's Iowa farm, he assumes they're nudists, cultists-maybe both. What he doesn't expect is a crashed ship, a dead shaman, or the realization that they're not from around here. Not this county. Not this planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the visitors-non-verbal, sexless, yet strangely human-begin integrating into rural rhythms, tensions rise. Secrets surface. Bodies pile. And nothing about gender, law, or language means what it used to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustenance\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of quiet horror and speculative contact. Told through dust-choked fields, small-town suspicion, and slow-burn dread, it explores what happens when the aliens aren't monsters-just misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who enjoy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Literary science fiction\u003cbr\u003e- Atmospheric horror without gore\u003cbr\u003e- Alien contact with philosophical bite\u003cbr\u003e- Midwestern gothic, rural existentialism, or quietly breaking down\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46335770427543,"sku":"9798284521380","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798284521380.webp?v=1768675816","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sustenance-9798284521380","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}