{"product_id":"countdown-city-9781594746260","title":"Countdown City","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.\"--Alexandra Alter, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrett Cavatone disappeared without a trace--an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone's gone \"bucket list\" or just \u003ci\u003egone\u003c\/i\u003e. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off \"impact zone\" refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountdown City\u003c\/i\u003e presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond \"whodunit.\" \u003ci\u003eWhat do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen H. Winters\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling, Edgar Award-winning, and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Boy, Golden State, Underground Airlines\u003c\/i\u003e, the Last Policeman trilogy, and the mash-up novel \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e. Ben has also worked extensively in television; he was a writer on the FX cult hit \u003ci\u003eLegion\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eManhunt \u003c\/i\u003eon Apple TV+, and he is the creator of the CBS drama \u003ci\u003eTracker.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three kids, and one large dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505358770450,"sku":"9781594746260","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a45cecd-8a60-49fe-9c0b-dec61193d7b2.jpg?v=1730838560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/countdown-city-9781594746260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}