{"product_id":"fantastic-land","title":"Fantastic Land","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA modern take on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the 1970s, Fantastic Land has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, Fantastic Land pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the Fantastic Land experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the Shop Girls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51788031852827,"sku":null,"price":44.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51788031885595,"sku":null,"price":19.63,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3343\/9771\/files\/fantastic-land-mystery-thriller-book-cover-mike-298.webp?v=1776284074","url":"https:\/\/goldenlambpublishing.ca\/products\/fantastic-land","provider":"Golden Lamb Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}