{"product_id":"the-imposition-of-unnecessary-obstacles-9781250906793","title":"The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a new mystery in the follow-up to the cozy space-opera detective mystery \u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e, which Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders called \"an utter triumph.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person's case, for which she'll once again need Pleiti's insight. Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University--yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case may lie on the moon of Io--Mossa's home--and the history of Jupiter's original settlements during humanity's exodus from Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Pleiti's faith in her life's work as a scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity's future, as well as her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Centenal Cycle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNull States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eState Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalka Older is an author, a humanitarian, a sociopunk, and a practitioner of speculative resistance and evidence-based creativity. Her political science fiction thriller \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the best books of 2016 by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and with its sequels, \u003ci\u003eNull States \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eState Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series. Her new series of mysteries set on a gas giant planet, begins with the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes \u003c\/i\u003eand continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written numerous serials, short stories, poetry, and essays, and published the collection \u003ci\u003e...And Other Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a faculty associate at Arizona State University, where she teaches on predictive fictions and hosts the Science Fiction Sparkle Salon. Her opinions can be found in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNBC THINK\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582802694418,"sku":"9781250906793","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e864b1a0-b931-43bb-9691-5472263a622d.jpg?v=1732023822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-imposition-of-unnecessary-obstacles-9781250906793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}