{"product_id":"peace-9780765334565","title":"Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Hailed as \"one of the literary giants of SF\" by the \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Gene Wolfe has repeatedly won the field's highest honors, including the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy awards. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis Gene Wolfe's first full-length novel, a work that shows the genius that later flourished in such acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Head of Cerberus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of The New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1975, \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself. Powerfully moving and uncompromisingly honest, \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eranks alongside the finest literary works of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Wolfe (1931-2019)\u003c\/b\u003e was the Nebula Award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy in the Solar Cycle, as well as the World Fantasy Award winners \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Torturer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoldier of Sidon\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also a prolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which has been collected in such award-winning volumes as \u003ci\u003eStoreys from the Old Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Gene Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and six \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e Awards, among many other honors, Wolfe was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orb Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625761476882,"sku":"9780765334565","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_608b609b-40e0-4b6f-9608-c995e7c3f85a.jpg?v=1732639228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/peace-9780765334565","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}