{"product_id":"clays-ark-9781538784259","title":"Clay's Ark (Patternist, 3) [Butler, Octavia E.]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together and changing the destiny of the human race.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Butler] created vivid new worlds to reveal truths about our own.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters through an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to infect others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If Blake and his daughters do not escape, they will be infected with a virus that will either kill them outright or transform them into outcasts whose very existence is a threat to the world around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the following hours, Blake and his daughters must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape and warn the rest of the world, or accept their new reality--as well as the uncertain fate of the human race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.03oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.35w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538784259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOCTAVIA E. BUTLER\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Interest in her books has increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pandemonium Books and Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533284204720,"sku":"9781538784259b","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/clays-ark-9781538784259","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}