{"product_id":"empire-city-9781501177804","title":"Empire City","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eYoungblood\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"brilliant and daring\" (Phil Klay, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e) novel following a group of super-powered soldiers and civilians as they navigate an imperial America on the precipice of a major upheaval--for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Plot Against America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years after its great triumph in Vietnam, the United States has again become mired in an endless foreign war overseas. Stories of super soldiers known as the Volunteers tuck in little American boys and girls every night. Yet domestic politics are aflame--an ex-military watchdog group clashes with police while radical terrorists threaten to expose government experiments within the veteran rehabilitation colonies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalfway between war and peace, the Volunteers find themselves waiting for orders in the vast American city-state, Empire City. There they encounter a small group of civilians who know the truth about their powers, including Sebastian Rios, a young bureaucrat wrestling with survivor guilt, and Mia Tucker, a wounded army pilot-turned-Wall Street banker. Meanwhile, Jean-Jacques Saint-Preux, a Haitian American Volunteer from the International Legion, decides he'll do whatever it takes to return to the front lines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough it all, a controversial retired general emerges as a frontrunner in the presidential campaign, promising to save the country from itself. Her election would mean unprecedented military control over the country, with promises of security and stability--but at what cost? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A passionate, scary, wise, and perhaps even prophetic novel\" (Tim O'Brien, author of\u003ci\u003e The Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eEmpire City\u003c\/i\u003e is a rousing vision of an alternate--yet all too familiar--America on the brink written by a \"preeminent voice in American writing\" (Sara Novic, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl at War\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501177804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Matt Gallagher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027850973365,"sku":"9781501177804","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c86064ad-129f-4748-b2af-fa2e19c85a10.jpg?v=1609193964","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/empire-city-9781501177804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}