{"product_id":"9781538711514","title":"Anthem","description":"\u003cb\u003e “\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own.” ―\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBefore the Fall \u003c\/i\u003eand Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX’s \u003ci\u003eFargo\u003c\/i\u003e) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of America as it is now and as it could be.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It begins with a Song... \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a country divided by pandemic, climate change, and incendiary rhetoric, a new plague infects American teens via social media: a contagious new meme spreading chaos and fear. Desperate parents look for something, anything to stop the madness. At the Float Anxiety Abasement Center, in a suburb of Chicago, Simon Oliver is trying to recover from his sister’s tragic passing. He breaks out to join a woman named Louise and a man called the Prophet on a quest as urgent as it is enigmatic. Who lies at the end of the road? A man known as the Wizard, whose past encounter with Louise sparked her own collapse. Their quest becomes a rescue mission as those most in danger race to save one life – and the country’s future. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthem\u003c\/i\u003e is rich with unforgettably vivid characters, as fast and bright as pop cinema. Noah Hawley takes readers along for a leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart, written with the playfulness, biting wit, literary power, and foresight that have made him one of our most essential writers.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046133088496,"sku":"9781538711514","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781538711514_p0.jpg?v=1763745463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781538711514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}