{"product_id":"the-infinite-state","title":"The Infinite State (Decurion Saga #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this blistering science fiction epic, Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHO GIVES YOU LIFE?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATER AETERNUS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Fuller's husband is dead. As an esteemed member of Pater Aeternus - governing party of the fascist, galaxy-spanning Decurion Empire - he has left behind an estate of immeasurable wealth. And Katherine is going to inherit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATER AETERNUS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife under the Eternal Father is rigidly stratified, surveilled, and controlled - each new day to be endured, not lived. But with Katherine's newfound fortune, she is presented with a rare and dangerous opportunity: purchase a virgin world, and create a better, fairer society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHO GIVES YOU JOY?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATER AETERNUS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Empire cannot allow its wayward daughter to succeed. And as Katherine works in secret, recruiting allies she's not even sure she can trust, she will discover exactly how far Pater Aeternus is willing to go to stop her. Because Katherine is going to create something nobody has seen for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1984 meets The Man in the High Castle in gripping sci-fi The Infinite State from Richard Swan, which begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party member, a disgraced investigator, and a hypersled pilot - entangled in a plot to escape the suffocating authority of a fascist state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47090362024107,"sku":"9781399627740","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/3732\/9579\/files\/9781399627740.jpg?v=1779249199","url":"https:\/\/notjustbooks.com.au\/products\/the-infinite-state","provider":"Not Just Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}