{"product_id":"book-or1u","title":"The Big Bounce","description":"\u003cp\u003eA casual evening between friends becomes something far more dangerous when a laboratory curiosity refuses to behave like anything science has seen before. What begins as an amusing demonstration quickly grows into a problem that accelerates beyond calculation, feeding on its surroundings and gaining power every time it touches the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the implications sink in, excitement gives way to urgency. Each attempt to control the discovery only sharpens the risk, turning ingenuity into a race against scale, distance, and time. The further it travels, the harder it becomes to stop, and the cost of failure grows with every bounce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story unfolds with mounting tension and dry, uneasy humor, balancing scientific speculation with a creeping sense of inevitability. What starts inside a private basement threatens to spill into public space, forcing a decision between containment, destruction, and consequences no one can fully predict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter S. Tevis brings a sharp, disciplined intelligence to the page, grounding speculative ideas in believable human reactions. Best known for later novels such as \u003cem\u003eThe Hustler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Queen's Gambit\u003c\/em\u003e, Tevis began his career writing tightly constructed science fiction that treated ideas as physical forces, not abstractions. \u003cem\u003eThe Big Bounce\u003c\/em\u003e reflects that approach perfectly, turning one elegant concept into an escalating chain of real-world danger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50025931243824,"sku":"BDor1u","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/or1u-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770765915","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-or1u","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}