{"product_id":"the-demi-monde-9780062210814","title":"The Demi-Monde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You can't help getting caught up in the smartly-paced story...which is served up with lashings of steampunk relish.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSFX \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rees makes the book work: the world he's created is a psychopathic nightmare.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Demi-Monde, author Rod Rees has conjured up a terrifying virtual reality, a world dominated by history's most ruthless and bloodthirsty psychopaths--from Holocaust architect Reinhard Heydrich to Torquemada, the Spanish Inquisition's pitiless torturer, to Josef Stalin's bloodthirsty right-hand man\/monster, the infamous Beria. \u003cem\u003eThe Demi-Monde: Winter\u003c\/em\u003e kicks off a brilliant, high concept series that blends science fiction and thriller, steampunk and dystopian vision. If Neil Gaiman, Neal Stephenson, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler participated in Suzanne Collins's \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e, the result might be something akin to the dark and ingenious madness of Rees's \u003cem\u003eThe Demi-Monde: Winter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062210814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.40w x 1.21d","brand":"Rod Rees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42776182063285,"sku":"9780062210814","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b2912d7a-9dda-4b82-9859-de0d33557f72.jpg?v=1679410681","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-demi-monde-9780062210814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}