{"product_id":"9781466889736","title":"The Skill of Our Hands: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money.\" —John Scalzi on \u003ci\u003eThe Incrementalists \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred people—an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Phil, the Incrementalist whose personality has stayed stable through more incarnations than anyone else’s, has been shot dead. They’ll bring him back—but first they need to know what happened. Their investigation will lead down unexpected paths in Arizona, and bring them up against corruption, racism, and brutality in high and low places alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the key may lay in one of Phil’s previous lives, in “Bleeding Kansas” in the late 1850s—and the fate of the passionate abolitionist we remember as John Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Brust and Skyler White's \u003ci\u003eThe Skill of Our Hands\u003c\/i\u003e is the thrilling and thought-provoking follow-up to their critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Incrementalists.\u003c\/i\u003e\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":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129949929712,"sku":"9781466889736","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466889736_p0.jpg?v=1763687834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466889736","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}