{"product_id":"9781604504408","title":"Halfway Human","description":"\"The best science fiction novel I've read in a long time\"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch **** A Starflight Reader nominee for best book of the year **** \u003cp\u003eTedla is a 'bland,' an asexual class of people that exist only to serve their fellow beings. **** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVal is an expert on alien cultures but has never seen a bland before. \u003cbr\u003eThey come together after Tedla is found light-years away from its home planet-alone, isolated and suicidal. Val's mission is to help Tedla recover. But the more she learns about the beautiful alien being, the more she discovers about the torment Tedla and its kind suffer on their planet. **** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle does the rest of the universe know of the hidden world of the blands, a world that hides shocking secrets and unspeakable crimes. ****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalfway Human is a mesmerizing look at an intricately created alien world which is strange and distant, yet hauntingly familiar. **** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beauty, pain, wit, and wisdom all suffuse this powerful novel, as it uses imagined futures to reveal our own world in starkest clarity...and yes, with a whisper of hope.\" -Locus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arc Manor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063870996720,"sku":"9781604504408","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604504408_p0.jpg?v=1763828438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604504408","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}