{"product_id":"9781399600484","title":"The Mountain in the Sea : Winner of the Locus Best First Novel Award","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Nayler, Ray \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 January 2024 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 29 | 324g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I loved this novel's  brain and heart'DAVID MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS'A first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal,  powerful, and redemptive'JEFF VANDERMEER, AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATIONThere are creatures in the water of Con Dao.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To the locals, they're monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To the corporate owners of the island, an opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the team of three sent to study them, a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Their minds are unlike ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Their bodies are malleable, transformable, shifting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They can communicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And they want us to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to investigate a highly intelligent, dangerous octopus species, she doesn't pause long enough to look at the fine print. DIANIMA - a transnational tech corporation best known for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence - has purchased the islands, evacuated their population and sealed the archipelago off from the world so that Nguyen can focus on her research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the stakes are high: the octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence and there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of their advancements. And no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they might do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocus Award 2023 - Winner of First Novel awardNebula Award 2023 Finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ray Bradbury Prize 2023 Finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959568920816,"sku":"9781399600484","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399600484.jpg?v=1713520394","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781399600484","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}