{"product_id":"9781250792983","title":"In the Watchful City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This masterful work positions Lu among the vanguard of contemporary futurism and speculative fiction.\"-Publishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, debut author S. Qiouyi Lu has written a multifaceted story of borders, power, diaspora, and transformation with In the Watchful City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe city of Ora is watching.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eAnima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora's citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although ær world is restricted to what æ can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eWhen a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item, Anima's world expands beyond the borders of Ora to places-and possibilities-æ never before imagined to exist. But such knowledge leaves Anima with a question that throws into doubt ær entire purpose: What good is a city if it can't protect its people?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223629967595,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":29.28,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781250792983-1.jpg?v=1781670541","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781250792983","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}