{"product_id":"book-jvh2","title":"A\/S\/L","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1998:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa are teenagers, scattered across the country but joined by the Internet as they create \u003cem\u003eSaga of the Sorceress\u003c\/em\u003e, a video game that will change everything, if only for the three of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eEighteen years later, \u003cem\u003eSaga of the Sorceress\u003c\/em\u003e still exists only on the scattered drives of its creators. Lilith works as a loan underwriter at a rinky-dink bank in Manhattan, a trans woman in a very cis world. Sash is in Brooklyn, working as a part-time webcam dominatrix. Neither knows that the other is in New York, or that Abraxa is just across the Hudson River, sleeping on the floor of a friend's Jersey City home after a disaster at sea. They have never met in person and have been out of touch for years, but none have forgotten the sorceress or her unfinished quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWeaving together the technologies of two decades, and a healthy dose of magic, \u003cem\u003eA\/S\/L\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that queers our notions of nostalgia, friendship, and even the possibilities of fiction itself, confirming Jeanne Thornton as one of our best and most ambitious novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"For those of us in that generation that first grew up behind computer screens in the intimacy of strangers, the book is a vital touchstone. Characteristic of Thornton's work, \u003c\/em\u003eA\/S\/L\u003cem\u003e doesn't cheat, nor dumb down the complicated circumstances of its characters and their obsessions; she makes legible even the most esoteric of obscura. The novel is unapologetically authentic and unflinchingly honest.\"\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eBill Cheng\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eSouthern Cross the Dog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49660165292336,"sku":"BDjvh2","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50186485760304,"sku":"ZEjvh2","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50186485793072,"sku":"ZMjvh2","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jvh2-Square-cover.jpg?v=1781115464","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jvh2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}