{"product_id":"rise-of-the-red-hand-hardcover","title":"Rise of the Red Hand - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivia Chadha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Steeped in elements from real-life South Asian cultures, the worldbuilding is original and intriguing, incorporating dystopian and utopian elements along with current hot issues such as societal inequities, digital surveillance, and technology's impact on humanity. . . . [A] strong and intricate story.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 2022 Colorado Book Award Winner is a rare, searing portrayal of the future of climate change in South Asia. A streetrat turned revolutionary and the disillusioned hacker son of a politician try to take down a ruthlessly technocratic government that sacrifices its poorest citizens to build its utopia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders live in a luxurious, climate-controlled biodome, healthy and artificially youthful forever. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with black-market robotics, in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAshiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government, which is run by a merciless computer algorithm. As a smuggler with the best robotic arm and cybernetic enhancements the slums can offer, her cargo includes the city's most vulnerable abandoned children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the brilliant Uplander hacker Riz-Ali stumbles into the Red Hand's dangerous activities, he and Ashiva uncover a horrifying conspiracy that the government will do anything to bury. As armed guardians kidnap children, massive robots flatten the slums, and a pandemic threatens to decimate the city, Ashiva and Riz must put aside their differences to fight the system and save the communities they love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Chadha\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels and comic books for MG, YA and adult audiences. She has a PhD in literature and creative writing, and her research centers on the history of exile, precarious borders and boundaries, global folklore, and the relationship between humans, machines and the environment. \u003ci\u003eBalance of Fragile Things\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut adult literary novel. \u003ci\u003eRise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, her YA debut, was awarded the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She is a contributor to the YA folk horror anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, the desi anthology \u003ci\u003eMagic Has No Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and STAR WARS anthology \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi: From A Certain Point of View\u003c\/i\u003e. When not writing she's searching for butterflies on a hike in Colorado. She can be found at www.oliviachadha.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769010225440,"sku":"9781645660101","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ceb441cf77edd30d6de1ad5b9235c7c.webp?v=1780341072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rise-of-the-red-hand-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}