{"product_id":"9780765328038","title":"Echopraxia","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEchopraxia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Peter Watts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrepare for a different kind of singularity in Peter Watts' \u003ci\u003eEchopraxia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel \u003ci\u003eBlindsight.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie switches that shut off self-awareness during combat. And it's all under surveillance by an alien presence that refuses to show itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he's turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself at the center of a storm that will turn all of history inside-out.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow he's trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. To his left is a grief-stricken soldier, obsessed by whispered messages from a dead son. To his right is a pilot who hasn't yet found the man she's sworn to kill on sight. A vampire and its entourage of zombie bodyguards lurk in the shadows behind. And dead ahead, a handful of rapture-stricken monks takes them all to a meeting with something they will only call \"The Angels of the Asteroids.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A paranoid tale that would make Philip K. Dick proud, told in a literary style that should seduce readers who don't typically enjoy science fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765328038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40626170036430,"sku":"9780765328038","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a18bd340-0678-4533-a7d7-a8f2649ccea2.jpg?v=1638669826","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765328038","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}