{"product_id":"9781462840434","title":"Distant Vision","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistant Vision is the second book of the Drake Simo series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s summertime in Skyview and the unemployed and distractible Drake Simo—laid-off teacher, ex-bicycle racer, technophobe—has time on his hands.  A five hundred dollar reward motivates him to investigate a burglary at the Skyview Natural Food Company because like, duh, he’s broke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePorno peddlers, warped family members, embezzlers, and addicted computer gamers help derail his investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRastan grinned.  \"More or less.  If my computer sales are slow, I tool down to Van Nuys and do some bartering.  The porno industry likes computers.  And there’s a huge market for porno films.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drake rolled his bike back and forth beneath him.  \"Along with Internet porn.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rastan jabbed a finger toward Drake.  \"You know it, bro.  Porn is huge.  Big, big money.  And, Van Nuys is known as the Silicone Valley.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Silicone Valley?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Exactly.  The heart of the beast,\" Rastan flicked the ash off his cigarette and inhaled.  \"Say, how do you know about Internet porn if you don’t own a computer?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It’s a long story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"I bet,\" Rastan exhaled.  \"Anyway, the Internet is the next big market for porn flicks.  Limitless possibilities.  Live cams in dorms.  Merging medias.  That’s why they want my hardware.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Sounds uh,\" Drake looked at St. Matthews.  \"Enterprising.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Yeah.  Whatever, dude.  Listen, porno and the Internet keep merging together.  And the technology keeps improving.  I have some stuff back there that’s totally cutting edge.  DVD-ROM compatible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Wow,\" Drake rubbed his eyes and yawned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Try this.  Sex scenes from eight different camera angles.  VR technology.  Multiple screens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drake didn’t know what to say.  He remembered the former chairman of the English Department at Pedro Beach High and his porno web site that featured teenage—\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141211898096,"sku":"9781462840434","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462840434_p0.jpg?v=1763678980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462840434","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}