{"product_id":"shriek-an-afterword-9780765314659","title":"Shriek: An Afterword","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShriek: An Afterword\u003c\/strong\u003e by VanderMeer, Jeff. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780765314659.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeers acclaimed City of Saints \u0026amp; Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.\n\nNarrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janices brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.\n\nPart academic treatise, part tell-all biography, after this introduction to the Family Shriek, youll never look at history in quite the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966590873653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0765314657","price":33.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765314659_a5278702-8bb1-4df0-9706-cfaa28400d3d.jpg?v=1781411992","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/shriek-an-afterword-9780765314659","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}