{"product_id":"the-oxygen-commons-9798241717665","title":"The Oxygen Commons","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tayah Hurdler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if innovation required sacrifice-and no one asked permission?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo and a half centuries after humanity settles a distant exoplanet, the atmosphere that keeps its people alive is revealed to be the product of an ancient bargain. Elevated oxygen levels once accelerated cognition and innovation, allowing the first settlers to survive an unforgiving world. The hidden cost was time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen suppressed records surface, the planet is forced into a reckoning. Some argue that brilliance is worth shorter lives. Others insist that no generation has the right to inherit a decision it never consented to. As political authority falters, the most fundamental infrastructure of civilization-air-becomes negotiable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oxygen Commons\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard science fiction novel grounded in real physiological tradeoffs, governance theory, and speculative evolution. Eschewing dystopian spectacle, it explores how societies manage shared resources, how power disguises itself as stability, and what happens when transparency replaces control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a novel for readers who value: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, idea-driven science fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthical and political complexity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlausible future science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuiet but irreversible consequences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no easy answers here-only chosen ones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46860623970455,"sku":"9798241717665","price":1729.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798241717665.webp?v=1769957325","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-oxygen-commons-9798241717665","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}