{"product_id":"dare-to-know-9781683693161","title":"Dare to Know","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eA voraciously readable page-turner of a novel.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Cory Doctorow \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A razor-smart sci-fi corporate noir nightmare. \u003ci\u003eDare to Know\u003c\/i\u003e is what happens when Willy Loman sees through the Matrix.\"--Daniel Kraus, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Water \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller is set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted--for a price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur narrator is the most talented salesperson at Dare to Know, an enigmatic company that has developed the technology to predict anyone's death down to the second. Divorced, estranged from his sons, and broke, he's driven to violate the cardinal rule of the business by forecasting his own death day. The problem: his prediction says he died twenty-three minutes ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only person who can confirm its accuracy is Julia, the woman he loved and lost during his rise up the ranks of Dare to Know. As he travels across the country to see her, he's forced to confront his past, the choices he's made, and the terrifying truth about the company he works for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWildly ambitious and highly immersive, this thought-provoking thriller explores the destructive power of knowledge and collapses the boundaries between reality, myth, and conspiracy as it races toward its shocking conclusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A voraciously readable page-turner of a novel, part creepypasta, part thought-experiment.\"--Cory Doctorow, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadicalized\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the horror thriller \u003ci\u003eBride of the Tornado\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e named one of the \"Best Recent Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels\" in September 2023. James's previous books include the sci-fi novel \u003ci\u003eDare to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named by the \u003ci\u003eTimes Saturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021, and the young adult fantasy \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Odd-Fish\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, James is the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds. He also hosts the \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Story\u003c\/i\u003e podcast with Matt Bird. James lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568005812498,"sku":"9781683693161","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea6e17a1-486a-4103-9eae-f4e46aec1eb4.jpg?v=1731935758","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dare-to-know-9781683693161","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}