{"product_id":"the-end-of-ordinary-9780062690326","title":"The End of Ordinary","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrew Bergen is an Engineer. He builds living things, one gene at a time. He's also kind of a doofus. Six years after the Stupid War--a bloody, inconclusive clash between the Engineered and the UnAltered--that's a dangerous combination. Hannah is Drew's greatest project, modified \u003cem\u003ein utero \u003c\/em\u003eto be just a bit more than human. She's also his daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrew's working on a new project now. He thinks his team is developing a spiffy new strain of corn, but Hannah's classmate and her mysterious companion disagree. They think he's cooking up the end of the world. When one of Drew's team members disappears, he begins to suspect that they might be right. Soon they're all in far over their heads, with corporate goons and government operatives hunting them, and millions of lives in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnergetic and bitingly satirical, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting near-future thriller that asks an important question: if we can't get along when our differences are barely skin deep, what happens when they run all the way down to the bone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshton, Edward:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEdward Ashton lives with his adorably mopey dog, his inordinately patient wife, and three beautiful but terrifying daughters in Rochester, New York, where he studies new cancer therapies by day, and writes about the awful things his research may lead to by night. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of venues, ranging from \u003cem\u003eLouisiana Literature\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eDaily Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThree Days in April\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917432918290,"sku":"9780062690326","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3d3b3aa-f507-4b37-bda4-b0cc59f902d8.jpg?v=1738867034","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-ordinary-9780062690326","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}