{"product_id":"9780982075944","title":"Backwards","description":"Mattie Chen is abducted and taken to an alien world, where her captors insist that she is a rare type of person, one capable of transforming an entire society. Mattie, however, finds these people reprehensible: they call enslavement \"respect,\" use their astonishing medical talents to make possible a brutal public spectacle, and even have a deceptive notion of up and down. Most of all, she resents them for taking her away from her beloved dog just when he needed her most: in fact, just when he needed medical help of the kind her captors could provide. \"'Backwards' takes two of the oldest clichés in science fiction\/fantasy, the abduction of an Earthling by aliens and a woman tied to a stake, and turns them into a serious exploration of culture and free will.\" \"Well-written, well-plotted, characters deep and believable, truly suspenseful - the way it is written exemplifies the values it's about.\"","brand":"Little Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50091377361136,"sku":"9780982075944","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982075944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}