{"product_id":"carbon-9781639779123","title":"Carbon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELENTLESS POWER. HARDCORE ACTION. A CLASSIC, HARD-BOILED VIEW THROUGH A FUTURISTIC LENS. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn The City, government is God-in The Sector, anarchy rules.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Membrane stands between those worlds. Some cross it to The Sector, seeking the forbidden. Some cross it to The City, seeking a chance to see the sky. Some try to stay. Most die trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world without paper, names are earned. Sector-born Carbon once risked everything for a chance to live in The City, a world with fresh paper and retinal enhancements that required a price beyond the ability of any Sector-born to earn alone. Captured, he entered prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, released to find a killer whose pattern threatens the government itself, Carbon's \u003cem\u003ereal\u003c\/em\u003e search is for the money stashed by his former gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut only one woman knows that location, and she isn't willing to trade information unless she gets something in return-her abducted child. The child is somewhere in the Pure Zone, a wild place where sorcery works but firearms do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped between hostile worlds, Carbon will enter the Pure Zone-hyper-focused and fatal to anyone blocking his path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a fantastic departure for Vachss. Lean as a prehistoric corpse and full of magic without an overabundance of gee-gaws and wizard hats. One of his most original and among his best. And that's saying something.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoe R. Lansdale, Edgar award-winning author of the Hap \u0026amp; Leonard Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCarbon\u003c\/em\u003e is a stupendous piece of work, a genre-busting masterpiece that is a whole new direction in fiction. As astonishing as it is compulsively readable and as always with Andrew Vachss, the compassion and empathy for the vulnerable and victimized is heart-wrenching. May be the finest work yet from the master of the art.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKen Bruen, award winning author of the Jack Taylor Series.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wolfpack Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452959953170,"sku":"9781639779123","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f47f791-1b63-40c3-90d6-75dd6ae276f8.jpg?v=1729829550","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/carbon-9781639779123","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}