{"product_id":"36-streets-9781789097412","title":"36 Streets","description":"\u003cb\u003eAltered Carbon and The Wind-Up Girl meet Apocalypse Now in this Ditmar and Aurealis award-winning, fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity and the power of narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLin 'The Silent One' Vu is a gangster in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, living in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough grit and courage, Lin has carved a place for herself in the Hanoi underworld under the tutelage of Bao Nguyen, who is training her to fight and survive. Because on the streets there are no second chances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory, an addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war. When an Englishman - one of the game's developers - comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend's murderer, Lin is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods: the mega-corporations backed by powerful regimes that seek to control her city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT. R. Napper is an award-winning author whose stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInterzone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and others, and been translated into Hebrew, German, French, and Vietnamese. His first novel was the acclaimed \u003ci\u003e36 \u003c\/i\u003eStreets. Before turning to writing, Napper was a diplomat and aid worker throughout Southeast Asia, helping to deliver humanitarian programs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495718162706,"sku":"9781789097412","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_329dddcd-98e6-4a5e-a8e0-f17b9a24f2f9.jpg?v=1730686835","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/36-streets-9781789097412","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}