{"product_id":"book-1vrc","title":"Lavender Spike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if art didn't just move you. What if it controlled you? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A truly unique dystopia.\" — Jason Pargin, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Dies at the End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mind-bending … hard to look away from.\" — \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A speculative story of art as the basis of a future police state.\" — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a shattered future where art is outlawed for some and weaponized by others, one underground painter is forced to choose: stay true to her craft, or survive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsobel \"Izzy\" Ker is one of the last Purist artists left. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe survives in the slums outside Mahl City, secretly selling illegal paintings in a world ruled by the New Art Government. They keep their citizens in line through Trigger Art, a powerful, addictive form of creation that overwhelms the senses and rewires the mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her studio is raided, Izzy has nowhere to run. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is forced to find safety with the Half-Light Rebels, a group of anti-art radicals and glorified thieves who are determined to tear the system down. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut rebellion comes at a cost, and her first mission with the rebels fails. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIzzy is captured. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Art Government gives her a choice: rot in the city's infamous prison, or convert and become a Trigger Artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIzzy accepts and is thrust into the spotlight as a rising Trigger Artist, intoxicated by the luxury, the power, and the dangerous pull of creation at its most extreme … not to mention her enigmatic bodyguard, Rilke. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wild, engrossing act of creating her first public piece almost makes her forget what life was like in the Dumps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the system remakes her into its most powerful weapon, Izzy plays a deeper game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe works in secret with the rebels and prepares to unveil her audacious debut piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the most dangerous creation is defiance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a rising star in science fiction,\u003ci\u003e Lavender Spike\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, wholly original cyberpunk novel in which art is both drug and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67898141049136,"sku":"BD1vrc","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1vrc-Square-cover.webp?v=1790787974","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1vrc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}