{"product_id":"borne-paperback","title":"Borne - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2017 by \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, PopSugar, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, Thrillist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot, National Post\u003c\/i\u003e (Canada), \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the Southern Reach Trilogy comes Jeff VanderMeer's \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e, a story about two humans and two creatures. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Am I a person?\" Borne asked me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Yes, you are a person,\" I told him. \"But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city half destroyed by drought and conflict. The city is dangerous, littered with discarded experiments from the Company--a biotech firm now derelict--and punished by the unpredictable predations of a giant bear. Rachel ekes out an existence in the shelter of a run-down sanctuary she shares with her partner, Wick, who deals his own homegrown psychoactive biotech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day, Rachel finds Borne during a scavenging mission and takes him home. Borne as salvage is little more than a green lump--plant or animal?--but exudes a strange charisma. Borne reminds Rachel of the marine life from the island nation of her birth, now lost to rising seas. There is an attachment she resents: in this world any weakness can kill you. Yet, against her instincts--and definitely against Wick's wishes--Rachel keeps Borne. She cannot help herself. Borne, learning to speak, learning about the world, is \u003ci\u003efun\u003c\/i\u003e to be with, and in a world so broken that innocence is a precious thing. For Borne makes Rachel see beauty in the desolation around her. She begins to feel a protectiveness she can ill afford. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"He was \u003c\/i\u003eborn\u003ci\u003e, but I had \u003c\/i\u003eborne\u003ci\u003e him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as Borne grows, he begins to threaten the balance of power in the city and to put the security of her sanctuary with Wick at risk. For the Company, it seems, may not be truly dead, and new enemies are creeping in. What Borne will lay bare to Rachel as he changes is how precarious her existence has been, and how dependent on subterfuge and secrets. In the aftermath, nothing may ever be the same.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist and editor, and the author most recently of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of America's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fantastic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and multiple year's-best anthologies. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44852660109382,"sku":"9780374537654","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9882\/8870\/files\/WEtBRlNITEd5cFNTVGZ0VGJxNEN4Zz09.webp?v=1775602497","url":"https:\/\/wandowl.com\/products\/borne-paperback","provider":"Wand \u0026 Owl Coffee Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}