{"product_id":"holy-fire-book-colin-urquhart-9780340342800","title":"Holy Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory, morality, and immortality merge in this haunting and lyrical triumph from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSchismatrix Plus\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy--if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeas--big ideas--lurk beneath Mia's romp through Sterling's delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . . . In the end, \u003ci\u003eHoly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous--and relevant for it--novels the cyberpunk\/post-human era has produced. . . . \u003ci\u003eHoly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e may very well be  Sterling's] best work. --\u003ci\u003eSpeculiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses. --\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA patented Sterling extra-special. --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become 'post-human.' Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49523295682833,"sku":"GOR002569451","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524294091025,"sku":"GOR002569453","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50300285190417,"sku":"CIN0340342803VG","price":7.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50302520918289,"sku":"CIN0340342803A","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50514564514065,"sku":"GOR004328624","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51324804727057,"sku":"CIN0340342803G","price":7.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0340342803.jpg?v=1750877967","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/holy-fire-book-colin-urquhart-9780340342800","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}