{"product_id":"clays-ark-patternist-4","title":"Clay's Ark (Patternist #3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Octavia E. Butler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrand Central Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6\/23\/2025, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781538784259\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gorgeous new edition of Book 3 of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/collections\/patternist-series\" title=\"Patternist Series\"\u003ePatternist\u003c\/a\u003e series, a \u003c\/span\u003epowerful story of survival in unprecedented times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis deluxe edition includes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new cover and package\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePremium French flaps and newly designed, full-color interior covers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters through an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to an isolated compound. There, the three captives discover that the compound's residents have a highly contagious alien disease that has mutated their DNA to make them powerful, dangerous, and compelled to infect others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Blake and his daughters do not escape, they will be infected with a virus that will either kill them outright or transform them into outcasts whose very existence is a threat to the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the following hours, Blake and his daughters must make a vital choice: risk everything to escape and warn the rest of the world, or accept their new reality--as well as the uncertain fate of the human race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A revolutionary voice in her lifetime, Butler has only become more popular and influential...A generation of younger writers cite her as an influence, from Jemisin and Tochi Onyebuchi to Marlon James and Nnedi Okarafor...She is now praised as a visionary who anticipated many of the issues in the news today, from the coronavirus to climate change to the election of President Donald Trump.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur \"Genius\" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/parable-of-the-sower\" title=\"Parable of the Sower\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/parable-of-the-sower\" title=\"Parable of the Sower\"\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53871767224603,"sku":"Clay's Ark NEW","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81bwTNhxBjL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788468733","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/clays-ark-patternist-4","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}