{"title":"James Islington","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"scion","title":"Scion","description":"'A brilliant page turner by my new auto-buy author' \u003cb\u003eADALYN GRACE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A high-octane cyberpunk thrill ride . . . I devoured it' \u003cb\u003eFONDA LEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Full of fierce energy and razor-sharp writing' \u003cb\u003eJEREMY SZAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like a quest straight out of \u003ci\u003eCyberpunk 2077\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eLINDEN LEWIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grips you from the first sentence to the last' \u003cb\u003eT. L. HUCHU\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eScion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e introduces #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller James Islington's first ever sci-fi novel in an unmissable new series filled with deadly assassins, dark humour, and world-changing technology - perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Murderbot Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKILL OR DIE . . . WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy job, when you think about it, isn't so different from a lot of people's.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the 'killing people' part of it, I guess, but that's a them problem: it's been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides, once ultrawealthy morons realised they had a way to live forever - limited resources be damned - there was only ever going to be one genuinely practical deterrent. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e So, sure, I have to deal with a tonne of boring planning. Inconvenient hours. Some pretty awkward face-to-face interactions. And like most of us, I'm really only clocking in to try and crawl out from beneath my debts. But someone's got to do it.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Luckily, my genetic compatibilities make me really, \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003egood at doing it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Still. This next job . . . I don't know. It's something I haven't had to deal with in years. Kind of the opposite of my regular duties. Strange, that it got thrown my way. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I'm sure it'll all go totally fine though. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world where the rich live forever and the poor die young, Azure is an assassin trained to kill the richest of them all - until he's hired to protect one of them instead. The question is: when you're drowning in debt, how far is too far? Fusing the dystopian morality of cyberpunk with the explosive action of anime, \u003ci\u003eScion \u003c\/i\u003eis a fever dream you can binge in one sitting.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56111058059643,"sku":"9781399641869","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/files\/9781399641869-original.jpg?v=1772347883"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/collections\/getimage_eed0caad-1153-4a11-b461-dff2be7e05aa.jpg?v=1782270303","url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/collections\/author-james-islington.oembed","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}