{"product_id":"touched-9780802163752","title":"Touched","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntergalactic visions, deadly threats, and explosive standoffs between mostly good and completely evil converge in a dystopian fantasy that could only be conceived by the inimitable Walter Mosley, one of the country's most beloved and acclaimed writers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles-- against pure evil. Think Octavia Butler meets Jeff VanderMeer meets Jordan Peele.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive and innovative, sexy and satirical, \u003ci\u003eTouched\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly imagines the ways in which human life and technological innovation threaten existence itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802163752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Walter Mosley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44561486741685,"sku":"9780802163752","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d4e4f9ec-6057-4478-8258-a690d3633cbf.jpg?v=1723525738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/touched-9780802163752","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}