{"product_id":"zero-zone-9781640094895","title":"Zero Zone","description":"\u003cb\u003eA literary thriller about an infamous desert art installation, the cult it inspired, and the search for a missing young woman that is \"cinematic . . . readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O'Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well-written narrative\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles, the late 1970s: Jess Shepard is an installation artist who creates environments that focus on light and space, often leading to intense sensory experiences for visitors to her work. A run of critically lauded projects peaks with Zero Zone, an installation at the once upon a time site of nuclear bomb testing in the New Mexico desert. But when a small group of travelers experience what they perceive as a religious awakening inside Zero Zone, they barricade themselves in the installation until authorities are forced to intervene. That violent showdown becomes a media sensation, and its aftermath follows Jess wherever she goes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevastated by the attack and the distortion of her art, Jess retreats from the world. Unable to work, Jess unravels mentally and emotionally, plagued by a nagging uncertainty as to her culpability for what happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years later, a survivor from Zero Zone comes looking for Jess, who must move past her self imposed isolation to face down her fears and recover her art and possibly her life from a violent cult intent of making it their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Scott O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41132805161141,"sku":"9781640094895","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_59c8e269-0765-42bd-b191-c416d3e852af.jpg?v=1632833409","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/zero-zone-9781640094895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}