{"product_id":"9780765323149","title":"Ha'penny : A Story of a World that Could Have Been","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHa'penny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jo Walton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Jo Walton won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her stunning \u003ci\u003eAmong Others,\u003c\/i\u003e she published a trilogy set in a dark alternate postwar England that had negotiated \"Peace with Honor\" with Nazi Germany in 1941. These novels-\u003ci\u003eFarthing, Ha'penny, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e-are connected by common threads, but can be read in any order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHa'penny,\u003c\/i\u003e England has completed its slide into fascist dictatorship. The last hopes of democracy seem extinguished. Then a bomb explodes in a London suburb. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brilliant but compromised Inspector Carmichael of Scotland Yard is assigned the case. What he finds leads him to a conspiracy of peers and communists-of staunch King-and-Country patriots and hardened IRA gunmen-to murder the Prime Minister and his ally, Adolf Hitler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a background of domestic espionage and suppression, a band of idealists blackmails an actress who holds the key to the Fuhrer's death. From the ha'penny seats in the theatre to the ha'pennys that cover dead men's eyes, the conspiracy and the investigation swirl inexorably to a stunning conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stellar… Horrifying and all-too-possible.” —\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews, Top Pick! on Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Walton's use of a common genre template--this time the race-against-time thriller--allows her to develop the eerily contemporary underpinnings of her alternate history…. Gives us much to think about regarding her world and our own.” —\u003ci\u003eSarah Weinman, The Los Angeles Times on Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Farthing and Ha'penny] are compulsively readable for their characters and plots. But it's [Walton's] observations about power that make them hard to put down.” —\u003ci\u003eBaltimore City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Masterful work…. This is political suspense at its best and brightest.” —\u003ci\u003eBookslut.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner Prometheus Award Winner (2008), Short-listed Spectrum Awards - Finalist (2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765323149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40627998949582,"sku":"9780765323149","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ad4220ba-e9e6-4373-baf3-9e49878bf995.jpg?v=1638753949","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765323149","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}