{"product_id":"the-diamond-age","title":"The Diamond Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecades into our future  a stones throw from the ancient city of Shanghai  a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe  the powerful neoVictorians. Hes made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild  stolen for Hackworths own daughter  the Primers purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth  his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands.  Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetes--members of the poor  tribeless class. Neglected by their mother  Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian--John Percival Hackworth-- in the seamy streets of their neighborhood  Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer.  Following the discovery of his crime  Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise  squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other  he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nells will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primer-- a woman who holds the key to a vast  subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity.  Vividly imagined  stunningly prophetic  and epic in scope  The Diamond Age isa major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949985230901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553573314","price":60.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553573312.jpg?v=1770091256","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-diamond-age","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}