{"product_id":"claiming-de-wayke-9781637898581","title":"Claiming de Wayke","description":"What would you do if someone offered you the keys to a limitless reality? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTayto is a saint-someone addicted to their VR halo. He's uneducated, unmotivated, and loath to quit his habit and embrace the real world: the Wayke. When the mysterious Zeke Zohar contacts him, offering him a chance to be raptured into a VR paradise forever, it seems too good to be true. The catch: Zeke believes this chance hinges on them finding Tayto's genius brother, and his plan involves journeying to Tayto's childhood home, navigating the detested Wayke in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all the weirdness of the VR universe, it's the real world that Tayto finds truly strange. His journey forces him to confront a gang, a cult, and the two great questions that addicts often face: Is it possible to come home? Is it possible to escape from it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eClaiming de Wayke\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm O'Shea has created that rarest of literary creatures-a riveting page-turner of a book that also has philosophical depth and impact. Asking timely questions about virtual reality, social erosion, altered states, and the ugly endgame of unfettered capitalism, the novel reveals a mind-addled potential future that is both comically madcap and weirdly plausible. O'Shea has invented a language of his own, but \u003ci\u003eClaiming de Wayke\u003c\/i\u003e is embarked on a quest we all share... to fight through the world's endless-seeming artifice and find something, anything, authentic. -David Hollander, author of \u003ci\u003eL.I.E\u003c\/i\u003e., \u003ci\u003eAnthropica\u003c\/i\u003e, and professor of fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the love child of Alice in Wonderland and \u003ci\u003eClockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, with Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, and a young Roger Zelazny standing as godparents. Luminous, savage, enthralling, this is not a book you will forget in a hurry.\u003cbr\u003e-Alma Alexander (author of The Were Chronicles and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Star\u003c\/i\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-15243897\"\u003eColm O'Shea\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mystique Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637898581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637898584\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-FIC028000\"\u003eScience Fiction | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mystique Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44692278182125,"sku":"9781637898581","price":16.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fba19084-63b8-43b0-b87f-598849570a54.jpg?v=1703738115","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/claiming-de-wayke-9781637898581","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}