{"product_id":"2940014120555","title":"The Luminous Depths","description":"In Brno, Czechoslovak Republic, 1931. Eight years before the Nazi invasions . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Theater on the Ramparts, a performance of the world-famous robot play R.U.R is in rehearsal, attended grudgingly by its author, Karel Capek. A former master of science fiction, Capek not devotes himself to the here-and-now, writing small works vital to his beloved Republic. He finds little real pleasure in the proceedings, but for the contributions of his brother Josef, a renowned avant-garde artist, and Pavel Haas, a disciple of the late eccentric composer, Maestro Leos J——.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet in the midnight streets of the city, Haas has found a luminous enigma; or rather, it has found him, floating down out of the starry sky. Once activated it carries Haas, as well as the Brothers Capek, the actors, robots and musicians, into a nghtmarish world of Occupation, of immense devastation and fecund marvels, of dire transport East, setting in motion of terrifying siege and a phantasmagorical night journey leading from the Theater on the Ramparts to the lonely and now-forgotten cottage Leos J—.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Luminous Depths is the second in Herter’s First Republic Trilogy, preceded by On the Overgrown Path and followed by One Who Disappeared, now available.","brand":"BONK-BONK on the Head Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083584585968,"sku":"2940014120555","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014120555_p0.jpg?v=1763600836","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014120555","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}