{"product_id":"9781593762452","title":"Nature of the Beast: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the immediate future, an alien race of religious zealots plans to honor their god through the ritualistic annihilation of our planet. Only one person knows this: Milan Marlowe, the world's most powerful man, a megalomaniacal media baron with ideas about how to turn the end of the world into a profit for the company. The only hope for the planet is to meet the invaders according to their own customs and set forth “The Challenge of the Heretic”—a one-on-one gladiator battle for the right to exist. Marlowe launches \u003ci\u003eBeast Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a televised interspecies death match tournament to determine Earth’s strongest creature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Bruno Bolo—a brutish but lovable Florida alligator trainer who finds himself navigating a world of feuding black-belt gorilla trainers, corporatized killer sharks, on-call blues combos, phony volcanoes, great space arks, Yeats-quoting pit fighters, and looming alien eradicators. Following the end of a shocking chain of hard knocks, Bruno emerges as Earth’s last, desperate hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot through with sly social commentary and eye-popping action and populated with the most bizarre—yet utterly compelling—cast of characters in recent memory, \u003ci\u003eNature of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning visual and literary tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035478245616,"sku":"9781593762452","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593762452_p0.jpg?v=1763813340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593762452","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}