{"product_id":"book-cv63","title":"Inspection","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists—until now. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBird Box\u003c\/i\u003e invites you into a world of secrets and chills in a coming-of-age story like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • “Josh Malerman is a master at unsettling you—and keeping you off-balance until the last page is turned.”—Chuck Wendig, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlackbirds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e J is one of only twenty-six students, all of whom think of the school’s enigmatic founder as their father. J’s peers are the only family he has ever had. The students are being trained to be prodigies of art, science, and athletics, and their life at the school is all they know—and all they are allowed to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But J suspects that there is something out there, beyond the pines, that the founder does not want him to see, and he’s beginning to ask questions. What is the real purpose of this place? Why can the students never leave? And what secrets is their father hiding from them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, in a school very much like J’s, a girl named K is asking the same questions. J has never seen a girl, and K has never seen a boy. As K and J work to investigate the secrets of their two strange schools, they come to discover something even more mysterious: each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eInspection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Creepy. . . a novel whose premise is also claustrophobic and unsettling, but more ambitious than that of \u003ci\u003eBird Box\u003c\/i\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eInspection \u003c\/i\u003eis rich with dread and builds to a dramatic climax.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This unlikely cross between \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e tantalizes.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Malerman builds a striking world. . . . As he did in \u003ci\u003eBird Box\u003c\/i\u003e, Malerman’s crafted an irresistible scenario that’s rich in possibility and thematic fruit. . . . Where [\u003ci\u003eBird Box\u003c\/i\u003e] confined us behind a blindfold, \u003ci\u003eInspection\u003c\/i\u003e rips it off.”  \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe A. V. Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A must read . . . It’s a wonderful thing, digging into a new Josh Malerman novel—no idea what to expect, no clue where his twisted mind is going to take you.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCemetery Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49329339302192,"sku":"BDcv63","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/410800-cv63-Square.jpg?v=1733741351","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cv63","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}