{"product_id":"an-unkindness-of-ghosts-9781617759246","title":"An Unkindness of Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eA breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler. One of Esquire magazines 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time Solomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery  feudalism  prison  and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine . . . Stunning. Publishers Weekly  Starred Review Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. Shes used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster  shed be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda  a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations  Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way  the ships leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer  Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lotif shes willing to sow the seeds of civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665815396405,"sku":"ByrdShop_1617759244","price":58.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781617759246.jpg?v=1782408298","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/an-unkindness-of-ghosts-9781617759246","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}