{"product_id":"9780008243784","title":"The Devil’s Highway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThree journeys. Three thousand years. One destination. \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Highway\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling, epic and timely tale of love, loss, fanaticism, heroism and sacrifice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Brilliant … a powerful meditation on the damages – and the good – we have wrought, and will wreak, on the living world’ Robert Macfarlane, Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eHis fingers fastened about Her stone. He brought it to the light and held it to his nose. There was lightning locked inside. He rolled the stone in his palm to give it the heat of his body. She had come to him, catching his eye where she lay among dull flints. She alone among the stones had spoken.\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ancient British boy, discovering a terrorist plot, must choose between his brother and his tribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twenty-first century, two men – one damaged by war, another by divorce – clash over their differing claims on the land, and a young girl is caught between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the distant future, a gang of feral children struggles to reach safety in a burning world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Roman road, an Iron Age hill fort, a hand-carved flint, and a cycle of violence that must be broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs gripping as it is dazzling, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Highway\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold and intimate novel that spans centuries and challenges our dearest assumptions about what it means to be civilised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historical and rural setting of this top literary fiction by Norminton is a visionary exploration of metaphysical themes. It stands out as one of the best in its genre, making it a must-read for any book lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Monique Roffey (Passiontide), Wyl Menmuir (In Dark Places), Sarah Moss (Ripeness), Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day), and Cormac Mccarthy (All the Pretty Horses).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory Norminton, Read by Melody May, Gregory Norminton and Laura Kirman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888994406549,"sku":"9780008243784","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x750_2d6ebc79-05a6-4aee-8cc7-f78a89f4bbed.jpg?v=1776992589","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008243784","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}