{"product_id":"afterlife-ascendant-9798349401886","title":"Afterlife Ascendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world ended. And quarterly earnings have never been higher.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the digital Afterlife, the Corporates set the rules. The Families defy them. And the survivors of the human race grind away for the next hit, the next lay, the next reason to stay conscious in an eternity of virtual existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVera Fournier found her reason as the Saito Family's top \"runner\", bending virtual reality to her will to spy, steal, and kill. But she was cast out after a drug-fueled failure, losing the only life she had found worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years of scraping by on the fringes, Vera finds an opportunity for redemption when she uncovers a plot to destroy the Families. The Corporates created an AI to seize absolute control over Afterlife, at the cost of free will-or even humanity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith another extinction imminent, Vera must decide what she-and humankind-will become to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtomic Blonde meets The Matrix in this new hard sci-fi, cyberpunk action-thriller. Get Afterlife Ascendant now for techno-thriller spycraft, edge-of-your-seat heists, and epic, full-scale battles with mechs and power-armored samurai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12892315\"\u003eJames J. Wang\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Digital Sky Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349401886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028100\"\u003eScience Fiction | Cyberpunk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028020\"\u003eScience Fiction | Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Sky Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48461103857901,"sku":"9798349401886","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_0d3ac9ac-2802-4609-bd76-705be0e06363.jpg?v=1753673732","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/afterlife-ascendant-9798349401886","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}