{"product_id":"2940169350708","title":"Spark: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdgy, hard-core, and wildly imaginative, this new thriller from New York Times best-selling author John Twelve Hawks (\u003ci\u003eThe Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden City\u003c\/i\u003e) features an assassin-narrator unlike anyone we've seen before, set in a present-day dystopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Underwood is a contract employee of the Special Services Section, a shadow department in the faceless multinational corporation DBG. Jacob is not a businessman...he is a hired assassin...and his job is to neutralize problems deemed unacceptable by the corporation. Jacob is not like other employees, nor is he like other people. Suffering from Cotard's syndromeamp;mdash;a real condition that causes people to believe they are deadamp;mdash;Jacob perceives himself as nothing but a Shell with no emotion and no sense of right or wrong. Emily Buchanan is a bright young second-year associate for DBG, and she has disappeared without a trace. Suspecting she may have stolen valuable information and a fortune from the company, Miss Holquistamp;mdash;Jacob's handler at DBGamp;mdash;assigns him the task of tracking her down and neutralizing her. Jacob's condition allows him to carry out assignments with ruthless, logical precisionamp;mdash;devoid of guilt, fear, or dishonor. But as his new assignment draws him inside a labyrinthine network of dark dealings, Jacob finds himself up against something he is completely incapable of understanding. Spark is an ingenious and chilling vision of modern-day humanity under constant, invasive surveillance and a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162359939312,"sku":"2940169350708","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169350708_p0.jpg?v=1763680521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169350708","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}