{"product_id":"polostan-volume-one-of-bomb-light-9780062334497","title":"Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTermination Shock and Cryptonomicon, \u003c\/em\u003ethe first installment in a monumental new series--an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first installment in Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light cycle, \u003cem\u003ePolostan\u003c\/em\u003e follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, \u003cem\u003ePolostan\u003c\/em\u003e is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephenson, Neal:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeal Stephenson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of the novels \u003cem\u003eTermination Shock, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFall; or, Dodge in Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.\u003c\/em\u003e (with Nicole Galland), \u003cem\u003eSeveneves\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe System of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Confusion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuicksilver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCryptonomicon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Age\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZodiac\u003c\/em\u003e, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work \u003cem\u003eIn the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875110326546,"sku":"9780062334497","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0368977a-cfe7-4c3b-9051-7fa7f8609cf0.jpg?v=1759831935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/polostan-volume-one-of-bomb-light-9780062334497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}