{"product_id":"the-diamond-age","title":"The Diamond Age","description":"Decades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the\nrigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neoVictorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primer's purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands.\n\nYoung Nell and her brother Harv are thetes--members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian--John Percival Hackworth-- in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer.\n\nFollowing the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol\nEnforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nell's\nwill ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primer-- a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information\nnetwork that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity.\n\nVividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age isa major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0553573314\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0553573314.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stephenson, Neal\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47690892411057,"sku":"RDV.0553573314.VG","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-diamond-age","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}