{"product_id":"unity-9781616963422","title":"Unity","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"Unity\u003ci\u003e is an astonishing debut, twisty and startling, demonstrating both the disciplined development of a long-gestated project and the raw, dynamic flashes of an author's early work. It shows intense interest in the distance between conversation and communion . . . an absorbing, thrilling ride.\" --\u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A vivid, fascinating, and utterly believable future world . . . Echoes of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon\u003ci\u003e or the Netflix series \u003c\/i\u003eSense8\u003ci\u003e.\" --\u003c\/i\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDanae is not only herself. She is concealing a connection to a grieving collective inside of her body. But while she labors as a tech servant in the dangerous underwater enclave of Bloom City, her fractured self cannot mend. In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover Naoto hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to guide them out of the imploding city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut for Danae to reunify, the three new fugitives will have to flee across the otherworldly beauty of the postapocalyptic Southwest. Meanwhile, Danae's warlord enemy, the Duke, and a strange new foe, the Borrower, already seek them at any price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvoking the gritty cyberpunk of \u003cem\u003eMad Max \u003c\/em\u003eand the fluid idealism of \u003cem\u003eSense8\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnity\u003c\/em\u003e is a spectacular new re-envisioning of humanity. Breakout author Elly Bangs has created an expressive, philosophical, science-fiction thriller that expands upon consciousness itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElly Bangs\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in a New Age cult and once rode her bicycle alone from Washington State to the Panama Canal. She lives in Seattle, where she spends her days fixing machines and her nights writing short stories, novellas, and novels--usually speculative fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and uncategorized weirdness--with a thematic emphasis on longing, heartbreak, and the grim fate of humankind. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eClarkesworld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeneath Ceaseless Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEscape Pod\u003c\/i\u003e, and others, and she's a graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2017). Learn more about her at elbangs.com, where you can use her \"Story Premise Bot,\" and discover \u003ci\u003eA Pocket Guide to Nuclear War Survival \u0026amp; Preparedness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495022727442,"sku":"9781616963422","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55156e12-2aad-4401-85e2-1da06d8869f5.jpg?v=1730669769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unity-9781616963422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}