{"product_id":"tool-of-war-9780316220811","title":"Tool of War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a dark future devastated by climate change, \u003ci\u003eTool of War\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and award-winning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eShip Breaker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned Cities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping, eerily prescient sci-fi thriller that \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e described as \"masterful,\" Tool--a half-man\/half-beast designed for combat--proves himself capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. He has gone rogue from his pack of bioengineered \"augments\" and emerged a victorious leader of a pack of human soldier boys. But he is hunted relentlessly by someone determined to destroy him, who knows an alarming secret: Tool has found the way to resist his genetically ingrained impulses of submission and loyalty toward his masters... The time is coming when Tool will embark on an all-out war against those who have enslaved him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of science fiction's undisputed masters comes a riveting and all-too-timely page-turner that explores the intricate relationships connecting hunter and prey, master and enslaved, human and monster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with 'The Hunger Games'...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaolo Bacigalupi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTool of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShip Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, Michael L. Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of the Edgar Awards nominee \u003ci\u003eThe Doubt Factory;\u003c\/i\u003e a novel for younger readers, \u003ci\u003eZombie Baseball Beatdown;\u003c\/i\u003e and two bestselling adult novels for adults, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Knife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Windup Girl. \u003c\/i\u003eHis first work of collected short fiction was \u003ci\u003ePump Six and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Tangled Lands\u003c\/i\u003e with Tobias S. Buckell. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, he lives in western Colorado with his wife and son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645385380114,"sku":"9780316220811","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93de2235-595f-42ef-957d-c4434d094935.jpg?v=1733150932","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tool-of-war-9780316220811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}