{"product_id":"green-city-wars","title":"Green City Wars","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Marlowe meets Redwall in this superior adult noir tale, where all the characters are animals, fighting for survival in the city underneath the humans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] charmingly bizarre SF noir....Interstitial fiction at its most engaging and mind-bending.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn the solar cities of the future, the humans relax in the sun and the animals work in the shadows. Genetically engineered Little Helpers, serving humanity--unseen, unheard.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eMeet Skotch. Raccoon, PI--yours for a few buttons as long as the job isn't \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e illegal, whatever that means.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eA mouse has gone missing. Normally this wouldn't raise any hackles, nor any alarms, but this mouse has something that everyone seems to want, though nobody appears particularly eager to say what that something \u003ci\u003eis.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThe fee is good--perhaps \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e good \u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eCertainly not something Skotch can easily turn down.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eIf only Skotch can work out \u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e the mouse is hiding, \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e he's hiding, and why his secrets are upsetting a lot of animals caught up in the Green City wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Tchaikovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as \u003ci\u003eElder Race\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoors of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpiderlight \u003c\/i\u003eand many others. \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time \u003c\/i\u003eand its series has won the Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards. In 2024, he was inducted into the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame, and he has been nominated for the Hugo Award six times between 2023 and 2025.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"showLessLink\" style=\"text-align: right; display: block;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943443693853,"sku":"9781250290335","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250290335.jpg?v=1782935972","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/green-city-wars","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}