{"product_id":"book-epwu","title":"Never and Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever and Again\u003c\/em\u003e combines the subversive critique of fascism in \u003cem\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/em\u003e, the irreverent tone and horror of \u003cem\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/em\u003e, and the hard-hitting fictional war memoir format of \u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIn an all too imaginable future, where the privileged lead lives untouched by wars that have become a global pastime, disenfranchised young people who “volunteer” to become super soldiers are injected with nanotechnology that repeatedly brings them back from death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIn a race against time, one such soldier and an analyst struggle to understand strange phenomena that occur after too many resurrections: glitches known as nostalgia, which even in the midst of combat can hurtle a soldier into the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eBut after eight, nine, even ten resurrections lies something much worse than just glitches …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIntense, visceral, and disturbingly plausible, \u003cem\u003eNever and Again\u003c\/em\u003e explores America’s addiction to war, the myth of meritocracy, and the ethics of technology, all feeding into the ultimate question of what makes us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever and Agai\u003c\/em\u003en is inspired by Justina’s own experiences in the military, starting as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Army and then to a commissioned Signal Officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard deployed to Kosovo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eUltimately, Justina’s frustration with the military bureaucracy and her inability to improve conditions for her unit led her to resign her commission and become a civilian employee. Eventually she decided to make the jump to full-time writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever and Again\u003c\/em\u003e is Justina’s love letter to her time on active duty, in all its messy glory, and also a way to pull back the curtain on the inhumanity of the military industrial complex. It isn’t an easy read, nor should it be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eJustina is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of numerous critically acclaimed books, including \u003cem\u003eDread Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, the award-winning middle-grade \u003cem\u003eOphie’s Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, a number of \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling Star Wars books and one of the five story architects of the LucasFilm blockbuster expansion of the Star Wars universe: \u003cem\u003eThe High Republic\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147761094960,"sku":"BDepwu","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50147761127728,"sku":"ZEepwu","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50147761160496,"sku":"ZMepwu","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/epwu-cover.jpg?v=1758145175","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-epwu","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}