{"product_id":"when-the-sparrow-falls-9781250784230","title":"When the Sparrow Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Neil Sharpson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 10 BEST SCI-FI BOOKS OF 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Sharpson's \u003ci\u003eWhen the Sparrow Falls\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a page turning, darkly-funny, frightening and touching story that recalls Philip K. Dick, John le Carré, and Kurt Vonnegut in equal measure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife in the Caspian Republic has taught Agent Nikolai South two rules. Trust No One. And work just hard enough not to make enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in the last sanctuary for the dying embers of the human race in a world run by artificial intelligence, if you stray from the path--your life is forfeit. But when a Party propagandist is killed--and is discovered as a \"machine\"--he's given a new mission: chaperone the widow, Lily, who has arrived to claim her husband's remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when South sees that she, the first \"machine\" ever allowed into the country, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, he's thrown into a maelstrom of betrayal, murder, and conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good.","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45124679401623,"sku":"9781250784230","price":1313.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781250784230.webp?v=1767901937","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-the-sparrow-falls-9781250784230","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}