{"product_id":"failed-state-a-novel-isbn-9780062859105","title":"Failed State: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Philip\u003cbr\u003eK. Dick Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The novel is as tense and thrilling as any of Brown's work, and as full of rage and hope. It's a novel that truly reckons with the enormity of  both our climate emergency and the system that produced it - a tale of  human imperfection and redemption.\" -- Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWalkaway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this\u003cbr\u003esecond dystopian legal thriller from the author of the acclaimed \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRule of\u003cbr\u003eCapture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropic\u003cbr\u003eof Kansas,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e lawyer Donny Kimoe juggles two\u003cbr\u003eintertwined cases whose outcomes will determine the course of America’s\u003cbr\u003efuture—and his own.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethe aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. The\u003cbr\u003eold regime has been deposed, but the ex-president has vanished, escaping\u003cbr\u003ejustice for his crimes. Some believe he is dead. Others fear he is in hiding,\u003cbr\u003egathering forces. As the factions in Washington work to restore order, Donny\u003cbr\u003eKimoe is in court to settle old scores—and pay his own debts come due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile,\u003cbr\u003ethe rebels Donny once defended are exacting their own kind of justice. In the\u003cbr\u003eruins of New Orleans, they are building a green utopia—and kidnapping their\u003cbr\u003edefeated adversaries to pay for it. The newest hostage is the young heiress to\u003cbr\u003ea fortune made from plundering the country—and the daughter of one of Donny’s oldest\u003cbr\u003efriends. In a desperate gambit to save his own skin, Donny switches sides to\u003cbr\u003edefend her before the show trial. If he fails, so will the truce, dragging the\u003cbr\u003ecountry back into violence. 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Including one explosive secret hidden in the ruins, the discovery of\u003cbr\u003ewhich could extinguish the last hope for a better tomorrow—or, if Donny plays\u003cbr\u003eit right, keep it burning.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Provides a glimmer of hope that the usurpers of the Constitution may be beaten at their own game, ‘one case at a time.’ Interpersonal drama fuels the story as much as legal maneuvering, and Brown keeps tight control of his narrative even as this alternate America slips its gears.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly starred review on Rule of Capture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sharply observed, tightly written. bitterly funny, with the underlying tang of unpleasant truth… [P]ut this one on the shelf next to Orwell.”—Locus on Rule of Capture  “This one is fresh, intelligent, and emotional with a plot that envisions an alternate reality hard to dismiss as unreal.  It’s a legal thriller, with a big twist, stirring and imaginative, brimming with skullduggery, that will have you asking: is this possible?”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Steve Berry on Rule of Capture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A kind of madcap Texas Gothic dark comedy, as the Houston good ole boy network is displayed like a courtroom scene in an unpublished Hunter S. 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The scenes of sunken New Orleans are vivid and will keep the pages turning to an overloaded climax that nevertheless sets things up nicely for the next volume. Readers will be eager to see it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889254396133,"sku":"NP9780062859105","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062859105.jpg?v=1730230852","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/failed-state-a-novel-isbn-9780062859105","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}