{"product_id":"9780765392091","title":"Autonomous: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutonomous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is to biotech and AI what \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeuromancer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewas to the Internet.\"—Neal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV—and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.\"—William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen anything can be owned, how can we be free\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can’t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack’s drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077562614000,"sku":"9780765392091","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765392091_p0.jpg?v=1763656446","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765392091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}