{"product_id":"9781617751097","title":"Curse the Names: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne man sees an atomic apocalypse coming—and tries to warn the world—in this novel with “a sly, Hitchcockian touch”from an Edgar Award finalist (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e High on a mesa in the mountains of New Mexico, a small town hides a dreadful secret. On a morning very soon there will be an accident that triggers a terrible chain reaction, and the world we know will be wiped out.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e James Oberhelm, a reporter at \u003ci\u003eLos Alamos National Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e, already sees the devastation, like the skin torn off a moment that is yet to be. He believes he can prevent an apocalypse, but first James must escape the devices of a sensuous young blood tech, a lecherous old hippie, a predator in a waking nightmare, and a forsaken adobe house high away in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains whose dark history entwines them all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A massive bomb is ticking beneath the sands of the Southwest, and time is running out to send a warning. James has to find a way to pass along the message—even if it ruins him.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Arellano pulls off the not-inconsiderable feat of making the disintegration of his hero more compelling than the end of the world as we know it.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Reads like a top-notch thriller . . . Alternating between the hilarious and the dreamlike, the novel is imbued with the sense of foreboding inherent to Los Alamos’s infamous ‘gift’ to mankind.” —George Mastras, author of \u003ci\u003eFideli’s Way\u003c\/i\u003e and writer\/producer, \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Nothing in New Mexico has ever been more secret than Los Alamos, the Atomic City, where a diverse group of geniuses built the first atomic bombs and changed the face of the world forever. That’s the setting and premise for this excellent novel by Cuban-American Robert Arellano. Disaster is about to happen and one man can avert it . . . maybe.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (Toronto)","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157287485680,"sku":"9781617751097","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751097_p0.jpg?v=1763857719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}