{"product_id":"9780995656413","title":"The Kind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is the Lamplighter?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendless exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChampion of the non Grata.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mystery to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 2472. The British Isles have been transformed by climate change into a desert archipelago. The wealthy and privileged have retreated to high-tech walled cities. Those beyond the walls are known as the Non-Grata. They live a precarious, hand-to-mouth existence, surviving on the “charity” of the cities. In return, these non-people must pay a Quota, a tax paid in human life. Specifically, they give the rich something their money cannot buy: children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsobel Twelvetrees has been put outside the walls of her city and left to die in the lethal heat for a crime she cannot remember committing. She was saved by someone or something, but when she wakes, the only companion she has is a dog with odd coloured eyes. When she learns the terrible truth about the plight of the Non Grata, she turns into a new kind of warrior. As she crosses continents with the threadbare armies of the Non Grata, in a deadly race against time to destroy the Quota and right historic wrongs, she starts to uncover the truth about herself and what she left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mean Time Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49792058687728,"sku":"9780995656413","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780995656413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}