{"product_id":"the-mercy-journals-paperback","title":"The Mercy Journals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaudia Casper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Philip K. Dick Award for Science Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unsettling novel is set thirty years in the future, in the wake of a third world war. Runaway effects of climate change have triggered the collapse of nation\/states and wiped out over a third of the global population. One of the survivors, a former soldier nicknamed Mercy, suffers from PTSD and is haunted by guilt and lingering memories of his family. His pain is eased when he meets a dancer named Ruby, a performer who breathes new life into his carefully constructed existence. But when his long-lost brother Leo arrives with news that Mercy's children have been spotted, the two brothers travel into the wilderness to look for them, only to find that the line between truth and lies is trespassed, challenging Mercy's own moral code about the things that matter amid the wreckage of war and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a sparse yet fantastical landscape, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Journals\u003c\/i\u003e explores the parameters of personal morality and forgiveness at this watershed moment in humanity's history and evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Casper\u003c\/b\u003e's previous novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Reconstruction \u003c\/i\u003e(St. Martin's Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Casper: Claudia Casper is the author of two previous novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e (St. Martin's) and \u003ci\u003eThe Continuation of Love By Other Means\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin). She is writing a screenplay adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e for a 3D feature film co-production. She teaches writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771628519712,"sku":"9781551526331","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c206cb29846446e85641739395ef979.webp?v=1780389940","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mercy-journals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}