{"product_id":"halcyon-elliot-ackerman-hardcover","title":"Halcyon -- Elliot Ackerman, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling novel set in an alternate version of America's recent past--about two self-made men confronting a world that seems to be moving on without them\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia, 2004. Gore is entering his second term as president. Our narrator, Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the estate of renowned lawyer and World War II hero Robert Ableson. When news breaks that scientists funded by the Gore administration have discovered a cure for death, it calls into question everything Martin thought he understood about life, not least his work as a historian. Who is Ableson, really, and why did he draw Martin into his orbit? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStretching from pivotal elections to intimate family secrets, from the Battle of Saipan to the toppling of Confederate monuments, \u003ci\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elliot Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.75w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593321621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELLIOT ACKERMAN is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eRed Dress in Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark at the Crossing \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eGreen on Blue \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize), as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003ePlaces and Names, \u003c\/i\u003eand is the coauthor with Admiral James Stavridis of the best seller \u003ci\u003e2034: A Novel of the Next World War\u003c\/i\u003e. Ackerman is both a former White House Fellow and Marine, and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ackerman, Elliot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49362866012388,"sku":"9780593321621","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/41LqsCgw_5L_745fdf19-3273-43a4-a7ff-11a8bd566bc1.jpg?v=1783591609","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/halcyon-elliot-ackerman-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}