{"title":"Julia Keller","description":"JULIA KELLER, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former cultural critic at the Chicago Tribune, is the author of many books for adults and young readers, including A Killing in the Hills, the first book in the Bell Elkins series and winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and The Dark Intercept. Keller has a Ph.D. in English literature from Ohio State and was awarded Harvard University's Nieman Fellowship. She was born in West Virginia and lives in Ohio.","products":[{"product_id":"dark-intercept-paperback","title":"Dark Intercept - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller is the beginning of a \"riveting\"* science fiction adventure that challenges the voluntary surrender of liberties for the perception of safety. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the state controls your emotions, how hard will you fight to feel free?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a radiant world of endless summer, the Intercept keeps the peace. Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, has spent her life in comfort and safety. Her days are easy thanks to the Intercept, a crime-prevention device that monitors emotion. But when her long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a dangerous altercation on Old Earth, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he's hiding. An investigation that will lead her to question everything she's ever known about Danny, her father, and the power of the Intercept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch like the device itself, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Intercept \u003c\/i\u003ewill get under your skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rare, literary feat.\" --Gennifer Albin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Crewel World trilogy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Intercept \u003c\/i\u003egrabbed me from the first page and shook me until the last.\" --*Emmy Laybourne, author of \u003ci\u003eBerserker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Intercept \u003c\/i\u003eis a Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable List selection!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Dark Intercept\u003cbr\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#2 \u003ci\u003eDark Mind Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#3 \u003ci\u003eDark Star Calling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tablet of Scaptur\u003c\/i\u003e (novella)","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50255463317727,"sku":"9780765387639","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gF35crBWTm9780765387639.webp?v=1781906214"},{"product_id":"dark-star-calling-paperback","title":"Dark Star Calling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Keller's \u003ci\u003eDark Star Calling\u003c\/i\u003e is the third and final book in the Dark Intercept Trilogy, a high-concept YA science fiction saga.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut in the observatory, protruding from the vast gap in the roof, was the giant telescope. It stared unblinkingly into the night sky, its gaze peering deep into the wilderness of stars. Somewhere within that wilderness was the single star Rez was determined to find.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew Earth, 2297. A year after the resurrection of a universal surveillance system called the Intercept, New Earth is collapsing. Humanity is depending on a group of five friends to find them all a new home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanity's fate rests in the hands of Violet Crowley, a headstrong rebel and former detective turned hopelessly mediocre politician; Shura Lu, scientific genius and magnificently gifted artist; Kendall Mayhew, New Earth's Chief of Police; Tin Man Tolliver, Kendall's top deputy; and Steven J. Reznik, aka Rez, NESA Director and Chief Technologist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether they discovered their utopian home is on an unstoppable collision course with Earth. Together they look to the stars to find a world suitable for human life and what they find there--or rather who--will change them all forever.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50255463514335,"sku":"9780765387691","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Q1VrOElQK014RkNGOWg5SytsS05CUT09.webp?v=1781906215"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/julia-keller.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}