{"product_id":"the-swan-riders-9781481442756","title":"The Swan Riders","description":"\u003cb\u003eTreacherous twists await Greta as the stakes get even higher in this stunning follow-up to the \"masterful\" (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Scorpion Rules\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreta Stuart has become AI. New transmitters have silvered her fingerprints. New receptors have transformed her vision. And the whole of her memory has become one book in a vast library of instant knowledge. Greta is ready to rule the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the new technology is also killing her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreta is only sixteen years old, but her new enhancements are burning through her mortal body at an alarming rate. The leader of the AIs, a ferocious artificial intelligence named Talis, has a plan. Greta can simply do what he's done when the time comes, and take over the body of one of the Swan Riders, the utterly loyal humans who serve the AIs as part army, part cult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow two of the Swan Riders are escorting Talis and Greta across eight hundred miles of post-apocalyptic Saskatchewan. But Greta's fate has stirred her nation into open rebellion, and the dry grassland may hide insurgents who want to rescue her--or see her killed. Talis has enemies everywhere. And even the Swan Riders may not be everything they seem...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBow, Erin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Erin Bow is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scorpion Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, which received three starred reviews and was a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year and it's sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Swan Riders\u003c\/i\u003e, which received two starred reviews. She also wrote the acclaimed Russian-flavored fantasy \u003ci\u003ePlain Kate\u003c\/i\u003e, which received two starred reviews and was a YALSA Best Book of the Year, and the terrifying YA ghost story \u003ci\u003eSorrow's Knot\u003c\/i\u003e, which received five starred reviews and was a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. Visit her at ErinBow.com.","brand":"Margaret K. McElderry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338270249234,"sku":"9781481442756","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e75bd5db-6ea2-483f-8537-cc4afe17399e.jpg?v=1727980364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-swan-riders-9781481442756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}