{"product_id":"metrophage-a-novel","title":"Metrophage: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Richard Kadrey’s first novel—the cult classic dystopian cyberpunk tale—now back in print after twenty years in a special signed, collectible edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the near future: Los Angeles in the late 21st century—a segregated city of haves and have nots, where morality is dead and technology rules. Here, a small group of wealthy seclude themselves in gilded cages. Beyond their high security compounds, far from their pretty comforts, lies a lawless wasteland where the angry masses battle hunger, rampant disease, and their own despair to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonny was born into this Hobbesian paradise. A street-wise hustler who deals drugs on the black market—narcotics that heal the body and cool the mind—he looks out for nobody but himself. Until a terrifying plague sweeps through L.A., wreaking death and panic. And no one, not even a clever operator like Jonny, is safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis own life hanging in the balance, Jonny must risk everything to find the cure—if there is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will include a Q \u0026amp; A with Cory Doctorow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Kadrey","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53157376098595,"sku":"9780062334480","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062334480.jpg?v=1741170995","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/metrophage-a-novel","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}