{"product_id":"the-escapement-9781616963279","title":"The Escapement","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003ci\u003e Fall 2021 Top-Ten Forthcoming Title\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this dazzling new novel evoking Westerns, surrealism, epic fantasy, mythology, and circus extravaganzas, World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar (\u003c\/i\u003eCentral Station\u003ci\u003e) has created an incomparable dreamscape of dark comedy, heartbreak, hope, and adventure. Chronicling a lone man's quest in parallel worlds, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Escapement\u003ci\u003e offers the archetypal darkness of Stephen King's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Gunslinger\u003ci\u003e within the dark whimsy of a child's imagination.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Lavie Tidhar is a voice to be reckoned with. With \u003c\/i\u003eThe Escapement\u003ci\u003e, he fearlessly crests the wave of the New-New Weird with a wild, decadent hybrid of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003eCarnivale\u003ci\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Catherynne M. Valente, author of \u003c\/i\u003eDeathless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto the reality called the Escapement rides the Stranger, a lone gunman on a quest to rescue his son from a parallel world. But it is too easy to get lost on a shifting landscape full of dangerous versions of his son's most beloved things: cowboys gone lawless, giants made of stone, downtrodden clowns, ancient battles, symbol storms and more shadowy forces at play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the flower the Stranger seeks still lies beyond the Mountains of Darkness. Time is running out, as he journeys deeper and deeper into the secret heart of an unforeseen world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616963279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lavie Tidhar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40843796349109,"sku":"9781616963279","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_57a81fd5-c926-48ab-b738-eceb91ac132a.jpg?v=1629809988","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-escapement-9781616963279","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}