{"product_id":"noir-9780553762860","title":"Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" K. W.] Jeter is an exhilarating writer who always seems to have another rabbit to pull out of his hat. . . .  He] accomplishes his goal of updating the genre, and he does so with commendable energy and imagination.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A master of dark visions, Jeter delivers his most . . . ambitious book to date. . . . An SF equivalent, perhaps, of \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eL.A.: the sparkling metropolis at the new center of what's left of the civilized world. Here wealthy men and women seek forbidden thrills through a system that enables them to indulge safely and anonymously in their wildest fantasies through the use of computerized simulations known as \u003ci\u003eprowlers.\u003c\/i\u003e Then a young executive at one of the the world's most powerful corporations is brutally slain and an ex-information cop named McNihil is called in to find the dead man's still \"living\" prowler. McNihil knows he's walking into a trap. But he wants a chance to redeem himself for a botched job that forced him into retirement years ago. Teamed with a ruthless female operative called November, McNihil is about to enter a world in which no one can be trusted and things are far worse than they seem . . . a world in which a vast conspiracy of evil is about to blur the razor-thin line between the sane safety of daylight and the dark danger of noir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Impressive.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eK.W. Jeter is one of the most respected SF writers working today. He is the author of fourteen novels, including \u003cb\u003eDr. Adder, Wolf Flow, The Edge of Human\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eReplicant Night\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460405563666,"sku":"9780553762860","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_952e55c9-d2d9-4573-9424-42a3cd7bdf86.jpg?v=1730040844","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/noir-9780553762860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}