{"product_id":"the-clearing-completely-unputdownable-dystopian-science-fiction-9781837900145","title":"The Clearing: Completely unputdownable dystopian science fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe clearing has begun. Children across the country are disappearing. And I'm the only one who can stop it...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was a time when our world was open and free. Those days seem like something out of a dream. Now, I live in a walled community, protected by guards from the wilderness beyond. Everything felt safe, until the last few years. That's when the rumours started. And then I saw with my own eyes they were true...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren are being taken all over the country. Snatched from their homes, never to be seen again. As I look up at the stormy sky beyond the Perimeter wall, I realise I have to do something. 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