{"product_id":"9781786699503","title":"Too Like the Lightning","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Palmer, Ada\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 30 November 2017 by Head of Zeus in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Terra Ignota' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 576 pages\u003cbr\u003e182 x 139 x 37 | 386g\u003cp\u003eThe year is 2454. Humanity has engineered a hard-won golden age, forged in the aftermath of a bitter conflict that wiped both religion and nation state from the planet. Now seven factions or 'hives' co-govern the world, their rule fuelled by benign censorship, oracular statistical analytics and technological abundance. But this is a fragile Utopia - and someone is intent on pushing it to breaking point. Convicted for his crimes, celebrated for his talents, Mycroft Canner is the indentured instrument - and confidant - of some of the world's most powerful figures. When he is asked to investigate a bizarre theft, he finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that could shatter the tranquil world order the Hives have maintained for three centuries. But Mycroft has his own secrets. He is concealing a much greater threat to the seven Hives, a wild card no degree of statistical analysis could have prophesied. This threat takes the unlikely form of a thirteen-year-old called Bridger. For how will a world that has banished God deal with a child who can perform miracles?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palmer, Ada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465818935480,"sku":"9781786699503","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781786699503.jpg?v=1734721054","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781786699503","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}