{"product_id":"neom-a-novel-from-the-world-of-central-station","title":"Neom: A Novel from the World of Central Station","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday, Neom is a utopian dream--a megacity of the future yet to be built in the Saudi desert. In this deeply imaginative novel from the award-winning universe of \u003c\/i\u003eCentral Station\u003ci\u003e, far-future Neom is already old. Sentient machines roam the desert searching for purpose, works of art can be more deadly than weapons, and the spark of a long-overdue revolution is in the wind. Only the rekindling of an impossible love affair may slow the inevitable sands of time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is Tidhar at his best: the crazily proliferating imagination, the textures, the ideas, the dazzling storytelling. A brilliant portrait of community and its possibilities.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Adam Roberts, author of \u003c\/i\u003ePurgatory Mount\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. It is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region's biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business. Just one robot can change a city's destiny with a single rose--especially when that robot is in search of lost love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLavie Tidhar's (\u003ci\u003eUnholy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Escapement\u003c\/i\u003e) newest lushly immersive novel, \u003ci\u003eNeom\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes a guide to the \u003ci\u003eCentral Station\u003c\/i\u003e-verse, is at turns gritty, comedic, transportive, and fascinatingly plausible.","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53020293071168,"sku":"9781616963828","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/8912\/3648\/files\/imageloader_8ff963e5-b8cc-486e-a676-d23f194563c0.jpg?v=1786629640","url":"https:\/\/silverstreetbooks.com\/products\/neom-a-novel-from-the-world-of-central-station","provider":"silverstreetbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}