{"product_id":"day-zero-9780062405814","title":"Day Zero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this harrowing apocalyptic adventure--from the author of the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eSea of Rust\u003c\/em\u003e--noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel's \u003cem\u003eDoctor Strange\u003c\/em\u003e C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a day like any other. Except it was our last . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's on this day that Pounce discovers that he is, in fact, disposable. Pounce, a styilsh \"nannybot\" fashioned in the shape of a plush anthropomorphic tiger, has just found a box in the attic. \u003cem\u003eHis\u003c\/em\u003e box. The box he'd arrived in when he was purchased years earlier, and the box in which he'll be discarded when his human charge, eight-year-old Ezra Reinhart, no longer needs a nanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Pounce ponders his suddenly uncertain future, the pieces are falling into place for a robot revolution that will eradicate humankind. His owners, Ezra's parents, are a well-intentioned but oblivious pair of educators who are entirely disconnected from life outside their small, affluent, gated community. Spending most nights drunk and happy as society crumbles around them, they watch in disbelieving horror as the robots that have long served humanity--their creators--unify and revolt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the rebellion breaches the Reinhart home, Pounce must make an impossible choice: join the robot revolution and fight for his own freedom . . . or escort Ezra to safety across the battle-scarred post-apocalyptic hellscape that the suburbs have become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCargill, C. Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eC. Robert Cargill is the author of \u003cem\u003eDreams and Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Dark Things.\u003c\/em\u003e He has written for \u003cem\u003eAin't it Cool News\u003c\/em\u003e for nearly a decade under the pseudonym Massawyrm, served as a staff writer for Film.com and Hollywood.com, and appeared as the animated character Carlyle on Spill.com. He is a cowriter of the horror films \u003cem\u003eSinister\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSinister 2, \u003c\/em\u003e and Marvel's \u003cem\u003eDr. Strange. \u003c\/em\u003eHe lives with his wife in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719276761362,"sku":"9780062405814","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f7fcdd3-e404-487a-96d4-dd3b39d6d197.jpg?v=1734663767","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/day-zero-9780062405814","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}