{"product_id":"books-failed-state-by-christopher-brown","title":"Failed State","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Philip\u003cbr\u003e K. Dick Award Nominee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The novel is as tense and thrilling as any of Brown's work, and as full of rage and hope. It's a novel that truly reckons with the enormity of  both our climate emergency and the system that produced it - a tale of  human imperfection and redemption.\" -- Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of Walkaway\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this\u003cbr\u003e second dystopian legal thriller from the author of the acclaimed Rule of\u003cbr\u003e Capture and Tropic\u003cbr\u003e of Kansas, lawyer Donny Kimoe juggles two\u003cbr\u003e intertwined cases whose outcomes will determine the course of America's\u003cbr\u003e future--and his own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e the aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. The\u003cbr\u003e old regime has been deposed, but the ex-president has vanished, escaping\u003cbr\u003e justice for his crimes. Some believe he is dead. Others fear he is in hiding,\u003cbr\u003e gathering forces. As the factions in Washington work to restore order, Donny\u003cbr\u003e Kimoe is in court to settle old scores--and pay his own debts come due.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile,\u003cbr\u003e the rebels Donny once defended are exacting their own kind of justice. In the\u003cbr\u003e ruins of New Orleans, they are building a green utopia--and kidnapping their\u003cbr\u003e defeated adversaries to pay for it. The newest hostage is the young heiress to\u003cbr\u003e a fortune made from plundering the country--and the daughter of one of Donny's oldest\u003cbr\u003e friends. In a desperate gambit to save his own skin, Donny switches sides to\u003cbr\u003e defend her before the show trial. If he fails, so will the truce, dragging the\u003cbr\u003e country back into violence. But by taking the case, he risks his last chance to\u003cbr\u003e expose the atrocities of the dictatorship--and being tried for his own crimes\u003cbr\u003e against the revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo save the future, Donny has to gamble his own. The\u003cbr\u003e only way out is to find the evidence that will get both sides back to the table,\u003cbr\u003e and secure a more lasting peace. To do that, Donny must betray his clients'\u003cbr\u003e secrets. Including one explosive secret hidden in the ruins, the discovery of\u003cbr\u003e which could extinguish the last hope for a better tomorrow--or, if Donny plays\u003cbr\u003e it right, keep it burning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506654634257,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062859105.jpg?v=1778115772","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-failed-state-by-christopher-brown","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}