{"product_id":"the-mercy-journals-9781551526331","title":"The Mercy Journals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Philip K. Dick Award for Science Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unsettling novel is set thirty years in the future, in the wake of a third world war. Runaway effects of climate change have triggered the collapse of nation\/states and wiped out over a third of the global population. One of the survivors, a former soldier nicknamed Mercy, suffers from PTSD and is haunted by guilt and lingering memories of his family. His pain is eased when he meets a dancer named Ruby, a performer who breathes new life into his carefully constructed existence. But when his long-lost brother Leo arrives with news that Mercy's children have been spotted, the two brothers travel into the wilderness to look for them, only to find that the line between truth and lies is trespassed, challenging Mercy's own moral code about the things that matter amid the wreckage of war and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a sparse yet fantastical landscape, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Journals\u003c\/i\u003e explores the parameters of personal morality and forgiveness at this watershed moment in humanity's history and evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Casper\u003c\/b\u003e's previous novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Reconstruction \u003c\/i\u003e(St. Martin's Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551526331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claudia Casper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138538549429,"sku":"9781551526331","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dc2ed9bf-08e5-4cc3-ba4d-2f971c5b2469.jpg?v=1622516625","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mercy-journals-9781551526331","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}