{"product_id":"2026200014185-secondhand-dreadful-sanctuary","title":"Dreadful Sanctuary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the greatest threat to humanity's ambitions isn't sabotage from an enemy nation — but from something far closer to home? Dreadful Sanctuary is a razor-sharp science fiction thriller in which every attempt to launch a rocket to the Moon is mysteriously and violently thwarted, leading protagonist John Armstrong down a rabbit hole of paranoia, secret societies, and a deeply unsettling theory: that Earth is, in fact, a prison planet populated by the rejects and lunatics of other worlds. Eric Frank Russell constructs a plot that crackles with wit and mounting dread, blending classic pulp adventure with incisive social satire to deliver a story that is equal parts conspiracy thriller and cosmic horror.\n\nRussell, one of the most distinctive voices of mid-twentieth-century British science fiction and a long-time contributor to *Astounding Science Fiction*, brings his trademark sardonic intelligence to bear on questions of sanity, conformity, and the nature of civilisation itself. Dreadful Sanctuary stands as a landmark of the genre — a novel that uses the trappings of interplanetary adventure to ask profoundly uncomfortable questions about who, exactly, gets to define what it means to be sane. By the final page, the reader is left wondering whether Armstrong has uncovered the truth — or simply joined a more elaborate delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160997437659,"sku":"2026200014185-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1e5b95db-8956-470b-8f4d-db40f25ffc30.png?v=1787188717","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014185-secondhand-dreadful-sanctuary","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}