{"product_id":"kraken-calling","title":"Kraken Calling by McBay, Aric","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping near future dystopic fantasy in the Octavia Butlerian vein of the \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower \u003c\/i\u003enovels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolitical activist and anarchist author Aric McBay (\u003ci\u003eFull Spectrum Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e) toggles between the years 2028 and 2051 to give us the experience, with breathtaking realism, of what might happen in the span of just one generation to a society that is already on the brink of collapse.\u003cbr\u003e In 2028 environmental activists hesitate to take the fight to the extreme of violent revolution. Twenty years later, with the natural environment now seriously degraded, the revolution is brought to the activists, rather than the other way around, by an authoritarian government willing to resort to violence, willing to let the majority suffer from hunger and poverty, in order to control its citizens when the government can no longer provide them with a decent quality of life.\u003cbr\u003e So it is the activists who must defend their communities, their neighbors, through a more humane and in some ways more conservative status quo of care and moderation.\u003cbr\u003e And the outcome here is determined by the actions of those who resist more than it is by the actions of the nominally powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aric McBay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 5.67w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644211441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eARIC MCBAY\u003c\/b\u003e is an organizer, a farmer, and author of four books, including, most recently \u003ci\u003eFull Spectrum Resistance \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), a two-volume guide to direct action. He writes and speaks about effective social movements, and has organized campaigns around prison justice, Indigenous solidarity, pipelines, unionization, and other causes. \u003ci\u003eKraken Calling\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. You can find his work at www.aricmcbay.org.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43657439936665,"sku":"9781644211441","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_f3ad5409-8468-423a-806c-d3f43f2e80ef.jpg?v=1724529647","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/kraken-calling","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}