{"product_id":"2940033180783","title":"The Water Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Profound... sure to spark a reaction\" and \"scathing, ceaselessly engaging\"- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant rebuttal of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged\" - Clarion Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful saga that deserves to be in every school and debated by any who question authority and elements of freedom in society.\" - Midwest Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARLES THATCHER is a private citizen, which is to say that he’s the private property of the Ackermen Brothers Securities Corporation. He’s got problems: the cost of air is going up, his wife wants to sell herself to another corporation, and his colleagues are always trying to get him tossed into the lye vats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when he discovers a woman stealing rainwater, he sees his chance to move up in the world, maybe even become an executive. He reports her, spinning a picture, not just of a thief, but of a seditionist and revolutionary, someone who believes in that long-dead institution called “government.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she vanishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOvercome with guilt, he tries to track her down. What he discovers is an underground movement every bit as seditious as the one he had imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as he becomes enamored with their cause and with life outside his corporation, Charles must contend with a larger truth; in a world where everything is for sale and lies are more profitable than the truth, even a group of revolutionaries can have something to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of The Kirkus Star\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, ForeWord Firsts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Lamar Soutter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068931686640,"sku":"2940033180783","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940033180783_p0.jpg?v=1763955732","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940033180783","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}