{"product_id":"project-hanuman-9781915998941","title":"Project Hanuman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBlending Indian mythology and classic space opera, \u003ci\u003eProject Hanuman \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ship needed to hear voices, to know he was not alone. The pilot thought they were going to fight an enemy, to find someone responsible and mete out justice. The Interlocutor thought they were going to help. The ship only wanted to hear the chaos of life and know he wasn't alone among the stars.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Arcology is a pan galactic utopia whose people live entirely online. Tired of paradise, Praveenthi 'Prab' Saal had herself printed into the physical world of Sirajah's Reach, working as an Interlocutor - a go between for the Arcology and the cultures it meets in flesh and blood.One evening after a call with her family - who are pressuring her to abandon her body and rejoin the Arcology, the city stops. Stops completely - nothing electronic works anymore. Terrified that the Arcology has just up and disappeared, she receives a call for help from a ship in dock whose pilot, Kercher, is a prisoner printed into a body to serve out his sentence in the physical world. Between them they discover it's not just her planet, but the entire Arcology that's gone missing. If they don't find out what's going on it could be the end of everyone and everything that calls the Arcology home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir only resource is their living ship, into which all the knowledge and culture of the Arcology has been downloaded. Asked to be a life raft for the Arcology, the ship, a frigate without a name, is dying - slowly being swallowed whole by the literal universe of information it's been asked to carry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing worlds made entirely from gold, an enemy who has no consciousness, allies made of lichen and the grand Ring World of Akhanda - the physical heart of the Arcology. Prab and Kercher will need to put aside their dislike of each other and the Arcology if they're to help their ship and save anything at all. Can they restore the possibility of hope to their lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a Celtic-Indian mother and a father of North African\/Roma descent, \u003cb\u003eStewart Hotston\u003c\/b\u003e is a somewhat confused second-generation immigrant living in the UK. His novels include the BFS and Subjective Chaos finalist, \u003ci\u003eEntropy of Loss \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the tech thriller, \u003ci\u003eTangle's Game\u003c\/i\u003e and the science fiction novels based in UBISoft's Watch Dogs universe - \u003ci\u003eDaybreak Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStars \u0026amp; Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he's not writing he can be found working as a financier in the City of London. Beyond that rather questionable career choice, he is co-owner of one of the UK's largest LARP systems, Curious Pastimes, and is an internationally competitive historical fencer with a PhD in theoretical physics. Oh, and he really, really loves ice cream. He lives in Reading, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Angry Robot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705494372626,"sku":"9781915998941","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f13f17c0-6f40-4e49-942e-bd43dd334c40.jpg?v=1762348170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/project-hanuman-9781915998941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}