{"product_id":"isolate-9781250376411","title":"Isolate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mongrel Mage, \u003c\/i\u003e has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy \u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Bub--\u003c\/i\u003eThe 24 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of Fall 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndustrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomething is about to give. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a respected Landor Councilor dies of \"heart failure\" at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Grand Illusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003cbr\u003eCouncilor\u003cbr\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe Imager Portfolio\u003cbr\u003eThe Corean Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Spellsong Cycle\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Books\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecolitan Matter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL. E. MODESITT, JR. is the author of more than seventy books--primarily science fiction and fantasy--including the long-running, bestselling series the Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, as well as a number of short stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911041388818,"sku":"9781250376411","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad1bea5b-f181-46de-a560-d8819a30ec63.jpg?v=1738726279","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/isolate-9781250376411","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}