{"product_id":"contrarian-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250847034","title":"Contrarian: A Novel in the Grand Illusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues his gaslamp political fantasy series which began with \u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCouncilor\u003c\/i\u003e. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths--but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis patron, the Premier of the Council, has been assassinated, leaving Dekkard with little first-hand political experience and few political allies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot only must Dekkard handle political infighting, and continued assassination attempts, but it appears that someone high up in the government and corporations has supplied arms and explosives to insurrectionists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInsurrectionists who have succeeded in taking over a naval cruiser that no one can seem to find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Grand Illusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003cbr\u003eCouncilor\u003cbr\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe Imager Portfolio\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of Recluce\u003cbr\u003eThe Corean Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Spellsong Cycle\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Books\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecolitan Matter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10869812\"\u003eL. E. Modesitt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 3.90w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250847034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250847036\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-FIC009130\"\u003eFantasy | Gaslamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL. E. MODESITT, JR. is the author of more than seventy books--primarily science fiction and fantasy--including the long-running, bestselling series the Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, as well as a number of short stories. \u003ci\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in his Grand Illusion series which began with \u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCouncilor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48457462186221,"sku":"9781250847034","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_685251c9-dc02-4b97-96f9-a468cabed1fc.jpg?v=1753581647","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/contrarian-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250847034","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}