{"product_id":"delay-the","title":"Delay, The","description":"A standalone dystopian science-fiction noir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome prisons are built from walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe worst ones begin long before them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParadise is easy to mistake from a distance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUp close, Serenith is a prison world where molten glass falls like rain, storms can strip flesh from bone, and questioning the wrong person can make you disappear without a trace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter her home is taken, her husband is killed, her brother vanishes, and even her name is no longer her own, Nash is sent to Serenith—a place where people are meant to disappear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody talks about what happens beyond the prison walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody asks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause in a society built on fear, obedience is safer than truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the deeper Nash searches for her missing brother, the less certain truth becomes. Records contradict themselves. Identities change. People exist one moment and vanish from the official world the next. The city does not simply watch its citizens. It decides what is real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd every system takes time to react.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween an action and its correction lies a moment of hesitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA delay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaybe freedom can exist there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey took her home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen her name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Nash wants to know what happens when she refuses to disappear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Delay is an oppressive science-fiction noir about identity, authoritarianism, colonialism, memory, and the dangerous space between what a system predicts and what a human being chooses to do.","brand":"Future Science Fiction Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59130773700943,"sku":"9789198957693","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/b303aba1820c4b7393daaa510445f5519789198957693_1.jpg?v=1792127064","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/delay-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}