{"product_id":"local-heavens-9781964721552","title":"Local Heavens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he's struck by the city's contradictions--shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nick meets alluring, new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby's frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren't all they seem--and as a corporate-sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. \u003cem\u003eHe\u003c\/em\u003e's the reason they don't. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite--and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city's most vulnerable--he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald's classic tale of glamour, desire, and desperation, \u003cem\u003eLocal Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e examines the guardrails of morality . . . and the price of desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFajardo, K. M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eK. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Global Business and Digital Arts before working in the tech industry. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. \u003cem\u003eLocal Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bindery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649190658322,"sku":"9781964721552","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aadf03c9-e34f-432a-930b-d57a897f5286.jpg?v=1759845949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/local-heavens-9781964721552","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}