{"product_id":"appleseed-paperback-2","title":"Appleseed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Woven together out of the strands of myth, science fiction, and ecological warning, Matt Bell's \u003cem\u003eAppleseed\u003c\/em\u003e is as urgent as it is audacious.\" --Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"breathtaking novel of ideas unlike anything you've ever read\" (\u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e) from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn eighteenth-century Ohio, two brothers travel into the wooded frontier, planting apple orchards from which they plan to profit in the years to come. As they remake the wilderness in their own image, planning for a future of settlement and civilization, the long-held bonds and secrets between the two will be tested, fractured, and broken--and possibly healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years from now, in the second half of the twenty-first century, climate change has ravaged the Earth. Having invested early in genetic engineering and food science, one company now owns all the world's resources. But a growing resistance is working to redistribute both land and power--and in a pivotal moment for the future of humanity, one of the company's original founders will return to headquarters, intending to destroy what he helped build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thousand years in the future, North America is covered by a massive sheet of ice. One lonely sentient being inhabits a tech station on top of the glacier--and in a daring and seemingly impossible quest, sets out to follow a homing beacon across the continent in the hopes of discovering the last remnant of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugely ambitious in scope and theme, \u003cem\u003eAppleseed\u003c\/em\u003e is the breakout novel from a writer \"as self-assured as he is audacious\" (NPR) who \"may well have invented the pulse-pounding novel of ideas\" (Jess Walter). Part speculative epic, part tech thriller, part reinvented fairy tale, \u003cem\u003eAppleseed\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable meditation on climate change; corporate, civic, and familial responsibility; manifest destiny; and the myths and legends that sustain us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 7.95 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252580499705,"sku":"9780063040151","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZkhOenZBZlJTMkhNM1hYb3pFblljUT09.webp?v=1768688930","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/appleseed-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}