{"product_id":"book-enim","title":"Holy Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory, morality, and immortality merge in this “haunting and lyrical triumph” from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSchismatrix Plus\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy—if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ideas—big ideas—lurk beneath Mia’s romp through Sterling’s delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . . . In the end, \u003ci\u003eHoly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous—and relevant for it—novels the cyberpunk\/post-human era has produced. . . . \u003ci\u003eHoly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e may very well be [Sterling’s] best work.” —\u003ci\u003eSpeculiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses.” —\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A patented Sterling extra-special.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become ‘post-human.’ Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369460375856,"sku":"BDenim","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49369460441392,"sku":"10enim","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/enim-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773844666","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-enim","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}