{"product_id":"blue-giant-9780702269240","title":"Blue Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlt;bPgt;Planet Earth is cooked. Abby Horne wants off.Plt;\/bPgt;  Abby always believed she was destined for great things. But her dream career as an industry-disrupting fashion designer went up in smoke, and her aspirations to become a world-renowned yogi and\/or save the endangered tigers proved equally fruitless. SheP#8217;s in her early thirties, suffering the unbearable burdens of adulthood and anonymity, when she wakes up after a drunken bender with an all-new, all-consuming purpose in life: to be the first person on Mars.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt; Perfect timing P#8211; Danish tech entrepreneur Tor Skovgaard is currently recruiting for a one-way mission to colonise the red planet. Abby knows this is it: her last-ditch bid for purpose and glory. And if she canP#8217;t be humanityP#8217;s saviour . . . . sheP#8217;ll settle for being its martyr.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;Blue GiantPlt;\/iPgt; is an unruly eulogy for millennial optimism P#8211; a deranged love letter to a generation torn between helplessness and selfishness.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780702269240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 04 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: University of Queensland Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: St Lucia, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 22.6(H)x15.2(L)x2.1(W)338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 338\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eJordan Prosser is an author and screenwriter based in Naarm\/Melbourne. He won the Peter Carey Short Story Award in 2022. His debut novel, Plt;iPgt;Big TimePlt;\/iPgt;, was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year at the ABIAs and the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Jordan Prosser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49077129248985,"sku":"9780702269240","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780702269240.jpg?v=1786457237","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/blue-giant-9780702269240","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}