{"product_id":"9780307950475","title":"The Dog Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e: In this \"end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle),\u003c\/i\u003e Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is \"an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.","brand":"Peter Heller","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2013-05-07","offer_id":46896879632639,"sku":"9780307950475","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d39966cc-1484-4aee-990c-a69a67399a9b.jpg?v=1748452520","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780307950475","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}