{"product_id":"scion","title":"Scion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Wick meets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein this fast-paced cyberpunk thriller by the #1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Will of the Many\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Strength of the Few.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy job, when you think about it, isn't so different from a lot of people's.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the \"killing people\" part of it, I guess, but that's a them problem: it's been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever--limited resources be damned--there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, sure, I have to deal with a ton of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I'm really only clocking in to try to crawl out from beneath my debts. But someone's got to do it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ereally\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003egood at doing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill. This next job...I don't know. It's something I haven't had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm sure it'll all go totally fine though.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date- 09\/01\/2026- Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54498354299190,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_14.gif?v=1788302161","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/scion","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}