{"product_id":"9781497605671","title":"A Fire in the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Hugo Award–winning author returns to the futuristic, high-tech Middle East setting of \u003ci\u003eWhen Gravity Falls\u003c\/i\u003e in this “major science fiction epic” (\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a world filled with so many puppets, strings tend to get tangled. In this follow-up to the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel \u003ci\u003eWhen Gravity Fails\u003c\/i\u003e, the Budayeen is still a very dangerous place, a high-tech Arabian ghetto where power and murder go hand in hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marid Audran used to be a low-level street hustler, relying on his wits and independence. Now he’s a cop planted in the force by Friedlander Bey, the powerful “godfather” of the Budayeen. Marid is supposed to simply be Bey’s envoy into the police, but as a series of grisly murders piles up—children, prostitutes, a fellow officer—he is drawn deeper and deeper into the city’s chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Would Marid give up all his newfound money and power to get out of this mess? Absolutely. If only he could. But answers are never that easy and choices are never completely one’s own in the Budayeen.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126948905200,"sku":"9781497605671","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497605671_p0.jpg?v=1769896112","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497605671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}