{"product_id":"cascade-paperback-3","title":"Cascade - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCascade\u003c\/em\u003e: Book I of \u003cem\u003eThe Sleep of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e120,000 words\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A near-perfect blend of implacable horror, gallows humor, and ecological apocalypse.\" - Peter Watts, author of Blindsight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does magic want?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vasai Singh resurrected drowned Mumbai and raised it into the clouds, the world reacted with awe and wonder - and no small amount of fear. As with the climate crisis believed to have caused the Cascade, resurgent magic proved lucky for some, a disaster for many others, and a source of hope and dread for everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA generation has passed since the Cascade transformed the world, smashing the tectonic plates of the political landscape and infesting the wilderness with demons and shriekgrass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ottawa, a scandal-plagued government clings to power, kept afloat by the manipulations of its precognitive political rainman, Ian Mallory. But when his predictions signal only catastrophe ahead, the magic-loathing photojournalist Tobias Fletcher, land rights activist Jonah Augustine, his ex-wife, climate scientist Blythe Augustine, and emoji-spell wielding intern Sujay Krishnamurthy must overcome ideology and bureaucracy to save a future from a present whose agenda spells only doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a terrifying but all-too believable near future and leavened with a dry wit, Cascade features a cast of fully-realized characters drawn into conflict with each other as they each strive to do the right thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who can know what the right thing is, when every choice leads to disaster?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51399487095007,"sku":"9781777094461","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zL3qEvBpzT9781777094461.webp?v=1789485932","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/cascade-paperback-3","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}