{"product_id":"the-punch-escrow-9781942645580","title":"The Punch Escrow","description":"Dubbed the \"next \u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e,\" by former Warner Brothers President Greg Silverman, and now in film development at Lionsgate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Featuring themes similar to Blake Crouch's \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, the dense sci-fi feel of a Michael Crichton thriller and clever Douglas Adams-like charm, the book posits an intriguing future that is both inviting and horrific.\" \u003cb\u003e--Brian Truitt, USA TODAY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the year 2147. Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled us to control aging. We've genetically engineered mosquitoes to feast on carbon fumes instead of blood, ending air pollution. And teleportation has become the ideal mode of transportation, offered exclusively by International Transport--the world's most powerful corporation, in a world controlled by corporations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoel Byram spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. He's pretty much an everyday twenty-second century guy with everyday problems--until he's accidentally duplicated while teleporting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Joel must outsmart the shadowy organization that controls teleportation, outrun the religious sect out to destroy it, and find a way to get back to the woman he loves in a world that now has two of him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlein, Tal M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tal M. Klein was born in Israel, grew up in New York, and currently lives in Detroit with his wife and two daughters. When she was five years old, his daughter Iris wrote a book called \u003ci\u003eI'm a Bunch of Dinosaurs\u003c\/i\u003e that went on to become one of the most successful children's book projects on Kickstarter --something that Tal explained to Iris by telling her, \"your book made lots of kids happy.\" Iris then asked Tal, \"Daddy, why don't you write a book that makes lots of grownups happy?\" Tal mulled this over for a few years, and eventually wrote his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Punch Escrow.\u003c\/i\u003e It won the Inkshares Geek \u0026amp; Sundry Hard Science Fiction publishing contest, and will be the first book published on the Geek \u0026amp; Sundry imprint.","brand":"Geek \u0026 Sundry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650134675730,"sku":"9781942645580","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a22581ee-3539-4150-9d64-ef10cb74bdf7.jpg?v=1733283375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-punch-escrow-9781942645580","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}