{"product_id":"9798337200057","title":"Sterling City","description":"Author: Stephen Graham Jones\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798337200057\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Road Integrated Media\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 86 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a Martian moon explodes, what follows in rural Texas will take your breath away, in this haunting short novel from the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lee's wife of fifteen years leaves him on the same night a Martian moon is destroyed, the fields of his farm still need to be irrigated and the cotton planted. The space accident is too far away to concern Lee more than boll weevils and rain forecasts  but then a giant caterpillar is found on his land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor months, all Lee sees of the caterpillar are the pieces it leaves behind from molting...until the night the moon debris makes its way to Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSterling City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is mesmerizing, horrifying, strange, and you can't put it down. It has a kind of stark poetry in the concision and clarity of its prose. Another great example of why you should be reading Stephen Graham Jones.'  Jeff VanderMeer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925106966686,"sku":"ING-9798337200057","price":20.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798337200057.jpg?v=1782959701","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798337200057","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}