{"product_id":"9781250792983","title":"In the Watchful City","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Watchful City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): S. Qiouyi Lu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Italo Calvino’s \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, debut author S. Qiouyi Lu has written a multifaceted story of borders, power, diaspora, and transformation with \u003ci\u003eIn the Watchful City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe city of Ora is watching.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora’s citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although ær world is restricted to what æ can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item, Anima’s world expands beyond the borders of Ora to places—and possibilities—æ never before imagined to exist. But such knowledge leaves Anima with a question that throws into doubt ær entire purpose: What good is a city if it can’t protect its people?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beautiful prose, a complex structure, and well-wrought Asian-influenced worldbuilding. . . . This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lu has built a complex and fascinating world, futuristic and strange.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stories within stories, possibilities within impossibilities: \u003ci\u003eIn the Watchful City\u003c\/i\u003e is half-tapestry, half-menagerie, adding up to an intricate, transcendent fantasy.”—Chuck Wendig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An intricately nested cyberpunk story that perfectly represents the best of the genre while exploring entirely new territory.”—Premee Mohamed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIn the Watchful City\u003c\/i\u003e is piercing and precise, threading grief and joy through your heart as it examines the ties that bind people to one another.”—Andrea Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wild, wonderful, dizzying ride I didn't want to end. The worldbuilding is as intricate and intoxicating as the characters are wrenchingly alive. \u003ci\u003eIn the Watchful City\u003c\/i\u003e trumpets the arrival of a major new talent.”—Sam J. Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250792983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40809855746254,"sku":"9781250792983","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7d546ee7-5e32-4540-acc0-6fc8a2d2fbdb.jpg?v=1642661707","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250792983","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}