{"product_id":"9781760374044_threader","title":"THREADER","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Helios Academy: evolve or die\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the year 2050 and life is increasingly hard for 'non–citizens'. A slowly emerging young minority  has been exposed as 'talents';  they harbour mutations that give them special gifts \u003cspan lang=\"EN–AU\"\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003esuper strength, regenerative powers,  psychic gifts or the ability to sink through shadows and travel through time and space. As governments unite to form a global talent registry and powerful corporations step in to take control, a 'talent' can be a passport to citizenship and a better life, but there is a cost as Josie Ryder is about to discover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned at six, Josie Ryder has been raised by her uncle. Her talent is an unusual one: she is a threader, able to weave a combination of psychic talents around others to manipulate their powers. Working in her uncle's antique store and dreaming of a better life, Josie has done everything to keep a promise to her late father: stay off the global talent registry and keep her talents hidden.  But as Josie tries to make ends meet with the occasional illegal act, she risks a third strike with local law enforcement and, desperate for a better life, Josie finally breaks her promise to her father's memory and sends an enquiry to the prestigious Helios Academy, a training facility in a distant country for talents. When the Helios Academy respond  by sending mysterious slider, Blake Galloway to extract Josie, then offer her a position at their select and highly competitive institution, things begin to get really interesting, and more than a little dangerous…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebekah Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896507715733,"sku":"9781760374044","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781760374044_b01d0eb2-11d3-4d32-af20-92360b69146e.jpg?v=1776888425","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781760374044_threader","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}