{"product_id":"book-enau","title":"Involution Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA far-future \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003eby the author of \u003ci\u003eSchismatrix\u003c\/i\u003e: A desperate addict on a bleak, arid planet boards a whaling vessel to hunt the drug he craves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe powerful narcotic syncophine, commonly known as Flare, comes from only one source: the oil of the gargantuan whale-like beasts that swim the dust sea of Nullaqua. It was John Newhouse’s addiction to the substance that made him a dealer and forced him to move to this airless, inhospitable planet. But when the all-powerful galactic Confederacy declares Flare illegal, the needs of Newhouse and his clientele leave the desperate off-worlder no choice but to sign on as an able seaman aboard a dustwhaler and hunt the giant creatures himself. Joining a crew of junkies and misfits, including a mad captain with his own dark and secret agenda and a bewitching, batlike alien woman who is pained by human touch, Newhouse sets out across the silica ocean at the bottom of a seventy-mile-deep crater in search of release and redemption . . . and sails toward a fateful confrontation between man and beast that could lead to catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Sterling’s debut novel is a remarkable feat of world building—imaginative, provocative, and smart, featuring an unforgettable cast of colorful characters. If Herman Melville’s \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003eunfolded on Frank Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e, the result might be something akin to Sterling’s extraordinary \u003ci\u003eInvolution Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369444745520,"sku":"BDenau","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49369444778288,"sku":"10enau","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/enau-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773843696","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-enau","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}