{"product_id":"polostan-volume-one-of-bomb-light-9780062334497","title":"Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTermination Shock and Cryptonomicon, \u003c\/em\u003ethe first installment in a monumental new series--an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first installment in Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light cycle, \u003cem\u003ePolostan\u003c\/em\u003e follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, \u003cem\u003ePolostan\u003c\/em\u003e is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062334497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2024 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Neal Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576680149173,"sku":"9780062334497","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_03bd80d7-c510-435a-9de9-a1fa94ae1264.jpg?v=1724176333","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/polostan-volume-one-of-bomb-light-9780062334497","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}