{"product_id":"exo-colin-brush-paperback","title":"Exo -- Colin Brush, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA debut sci-fi mystery set on an abandoned future Earth, featuring a twisty mystery straight out of a John le Carré novel, a group of larger-than-life characters who'd be at home in the work of John Scalzi, and a deeply weird and dangerous hyperdimensional entity to haunt the dreams of any reader of Kim Stanley Robinson.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanity is dying. Banished from the Earth, our descendants eke out lives in orbital habitats and moon colonies--and look with longing on our former home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Earth is deadly. Over hundreds of years, its oceans have transformed into an annihilating liquid entity--the Caul. Every living creature approaching its shores is irresistibly compelled to enter. . . and is never seen again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Scientists, some of the few inhabitants left, work in facilities seeking to understand and stop the Caul. And scavenging the shores are the penitents--those who resist its siren lure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among them is penitent Mae Jameson, an octogenarian former Service agent who arrived on Earth thirty years ago to find her lover. When she encounters Siofra, a mute girl, wandering alone by the shore and returns her home, they discover the girl's father, rogue scientist Carl Magellan, hanging from a noose. He's been murdered. Unwilling to leave the matter in the hands of the facility Carl abandoned years ago, Mae takes Carl's journals--which detail his obsession with the Caul and its mysteries--and sets about investigating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this page-turning, dual-timeline novel, both Mae and Carl's quests for the truth put them at the center of a dangerous conspiracy. Someone believes they can use the secret of the Caul to shape humanity's future, and they aren't afraid to kill to keep control of it.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colin Brush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\" H x 6\" L x 0.88\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798895150528\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863387111723,"sku":"9798895150528","price":20.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9798895150528_c772f5cd-d79f-47d5-ad84-b7d17b40c689.jpg?v=1780338136","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/exo-colin-brush-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}