{"product_id":"those-beyond-the-wall-9780593497524","title":"Those Beyond the Wall","description":"\u003cb\u003eA searing sci-fi thriller about a woman reckoning with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in the face of a coming apocalypse--from the Compton Crook Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between Worlds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bold, beautiful, gut-punch of a story, at turns ferocious and poetic--and sometimes both at once.\"--Veronica Roth, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChosen Ones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e[\u003ci\u003eThose Beyond the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like \u003ci\u003eMad Max: Fury Road\u003c\/i\u003e was written by Phillip K. Dick and N.K. Jemisin.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can't show any sign of weakness, as the neighboring Wiley City has spent lifetimes beating down the people of Ashtown and would love nothing more than its downfall. There's only one person in the desert the Emperor can fully trust--and her name is Scales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScales is the best at what she does: keeping everyone and everything in line. As a skilled mechanic--and an even more skilled fighter, when she needs to be--Scales is a respected member of the Emperor's crew, who's able to keep things running smoothly. But the fragile peace Scales helps to maintain is fractured when a woman is mangled and killed before her eyes. Even more incomprehensible: There doesn't seem to be a murderer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen more bodies start to turn up, both in Ashtown and in the wealthier, walled-off Wiley City, Scales is tasked with finding the cause--and putting an end to it by any means necessary. To protect the people she loves, she teams up with a frustratingly by-the-books partner from Ashtown and a brusque-but-brilliant scientist from the City, delving into both worlds to track down an invisible killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the answers Scales finds are bigger than she ever could have imagined, leading her into the brutal heart beneath Wiley City's pristine fa?ade and dredging up secrets from her own past that she would rather keep hidden. If she wants to save the world from the earth-shattering truths she uncovers, she can no longer remain silent--even if speaking up costs her everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMicaiah Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Compton Crook Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between Worlds. \u003c\/i\u003eHer debut novel was an Editors' Choice of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and named one of best books of 2020 and one of the best science-fiction books of the last decade by NPR. She was raised in California's Mojave Desert, surrounded by trees named Joshua and women who told stories. She received a bachelor of arts in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside, and a master of fine arts in fiction from Rutgers University-Camden. She now studies American literature at Vanderbilt University, where she focuses on critical race theory and automatons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878181900562,"sku":"9780593497524","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88446f07-b14c-4ea9-bd85-29590a344daf.jpg?v=1738251780","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/those-beyond-the-wall-9780593497524","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}