{"product_id":"9781939118141","title":"The Cerulean's Secret","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSomebody has stolen the most beautiful cat in history!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 2050, and the Cerulean cat, with its mesmerizing iridescent blue fur, is the ultimate genomic engineering triumph of the high-flying company, Animata.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimata reaps massive profits creating and selling a marvelous menagerie of animals-including exotic crosses like cogs, dats, snurtles, alliphants, hamakeets, and feather boas. Its ultra-rich clients, however, clamor for the really spectacular specimens-dragons, unicorns. . . and now the Cerulean. The stunning cat had promised to bring billions of dollars from a corporation, a private collector, or an exhibitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwept up in the theft is naïve young Timothy Boatright, a wanna-be writer and New York cabbie. He inadvertently picks up the thief and the nabbed Cerulean. The cops suspect he's a partner in the crime. To prove his innocence and save the cat, he tracks it down and steals it back. He ends up accused not only of catnapping but murder-fleeing the police, Animata thugs, a greedy drug lord. . . and Big Nasties! Somebody has set these 300-pound genetically engineered assassin-animals-with their three-inch fangs, razor claws, and night vision-on Tim's trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim realizes that the Cerulean holds some explosive mystery he must solve to survive and save the cat. He must also save his friends held for ransom-the middle-aged, cat-loving former spy Callie Lawrence and her headstrong daughter Lulu, with whom Tim has fallen madly in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cerulean's Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced thriller that projects today's amazing genomic technology into a future of incredible biological manipulation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glyphus LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061924872432,"sku":"9781939118141","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939118141_p0.jpg?v=1763663942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939118141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}