{"product_id":"edge-of-the-known-world-9781684632626","title":"Edge of the Known World","description":"\u003cb\u003eFans of Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eOryx and Crake \u003c\/i\u003ewill be swept away by this riveting speculative fiction adventure and love story about family, genetic privacy, and the onrushing future of surveillance technology. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller and 2024 American Fiction Awards Winner in multiple categories, including Best New Fiction, Political Thriller, and Science Fiction: General!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refus?, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant. Everyone from her birth region carries a harmless but detectable bit of viral DNA from a flu vaccine. If detected by the rapid genetic testing at security screens, Alex will be returned to the Federation and a likely death. Her adoptive father developed a gene therapy to mask her g-marker, but it is not fully effective. Every g-screen presents a nerve-racking one-in-ten chance of getting caught. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her father goes missing, Alex abandons her cloistered academic life in San Francisco for a globe-trotting Commission in a desperate race to warn him of a trap that will destroy them both. As Alex dodges g-screens on her precarious and often-hilarious adventure, a love triangle develops between her and two men: Eric Burton, a commanding and disgraced intelligence officer, and his blood brother, Strav Beki, a charismatic and dangerously unhinged diplomat. Betrayals mount and secrets unravel, building to the most confounding choices that people can face--choices between love, family loyalty, and moral obligation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheri T. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in a New York beach town until her family relocated to San Francisco. She holds a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a JD from UC Law San Francisco. She is passionate about the need for housing and serves as executive director of a nonprofit corporation that supports creation of affordable housing for families, veterans, refugees, and vulnerable populations. She's also a trustee for Homeward Bound, a provider of homeless services and housing. Sheri and her husband have three adventurous children and live in Tiburon, California. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sparkpress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878129078546,"sku":"9781684632626","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0cc5bf7c-b1f1-4598-b3fc-1b50fad9117b.jpg?v=1738170286","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/edge-of-the-known-world-9781684632626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}