{"product_id":"9780765380449","title":"Pacific Fire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePacific Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Greg van Eekhout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePacific Fire\u003c\/i\u003e: Another thrilling ride through Greg van Eekhout's wildly imaginative world of \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring entertaining new characters and a dangerous magical plot unfolding in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'm Sam. I'm just this guy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOkay, yeah, I'm a golem created from the substance of his own magic by the late Hierarch of Southern California. With a lot of work, I might be able to wield magic myself. I kind of doubt it, though. Not like Daniel Blackland can. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel's the reason the Hierarch's gone and I'm still alive. He's also the reason I've lived my entire life on the run. Ten years of never, ever going back to Los Angeles. Daniel's determined to protect me. To teach me. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it gets old. I've got nobody but Daniel. I'll never do anything normal. Like attend school. Or date a girl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow it's worse. Because things are happening back in LA. Very bad people are building a Pacific firedrake, a kind of ultimate weapon of mass magical destruction.  Daniel seemed to think only he could stop them. Now Daniel's been hurt. I managed to get us to the place run by the Emmas. (Many of them. All named Emma. It's a long story.) They seem to be healing him, but he isn't going anyplace soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo I even have a reason for existing, if it isn't to prevent this firedrake from happening? I'm good at escaping from things. Now I've escaped from Daniel and the Emmas, and I'm on my way to LA. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis may be the worst idea I ever had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderfully imaginative.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back. \"—John Scalzi\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eHugo Awardwinning author of \u003ci\u003eOld Man's War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Van Eekhout's combination of caper novel and urban fantasy packs a wallop….Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003ci\u003ePacific Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set  in the same world as \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, van Eekhout delivers another  engaging adventure that, surprisingly for the genre, doesn’t require  readers to have read the previous book. Readers will empathize with Sam  as he longs to be a “normal” boy and tries to find his place in the  world, and the magic system van Eekhout has created continues to  fascinate.\" — \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews, 4.5 star review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  creative magic system, a fictional SoCal that actually contains  Latinos, power struggles, friendship, family, a dash of romance, air  travel, land travel, sea travel, someone from a boy band — this book has  it all!”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eLightspeed Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Van  Eekhout’s voice has grown stronger in \u003ci\u003ePacific Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and he’s locked onto  a snappy hu-mor that serves as a foil for the stakes he keeps raising.  He manages to do what fantasy should, which is use the unreal to show us  truths about how humans work.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eDragon Coast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Van  Eekhout finishes off this trilogy in a manner that satisfies readers  even as it leaves them wondering — in other words, he allows the perfect  platform for telling more stories in this world.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e 4.5 star review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This  volume marks a welcome return to the kind of heist plot that made Van  Eekhout's debut, California Bones, so captivating. The author's  fantastic ear for dialog is often well employed in snark, especially  between Daniel and his friend and fellow thief Moth.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…Strong writing from van Eekhout, with exciting magical battles and a difficult heist...”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765380449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40633862029518,"sku":"9780765380449","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_494e7f7c-b4cb-4a1a-ba29-8a7e9442ed15.jpg?v=1638926899","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765380449","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}