{"product_id":"less-than-human-maxine-mcarthur-9780446613422","title":"Less Than Human","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of Time Future takes readers into a world torn apart by terrorism and injustice to explore the line that separates human and machine in this novel that is \"intriguing and, more importantly, entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a factory worker is mysteriously killed by a robot, cybernetics engineer Eleanor McGuire is unwilling to call the incident \"human error.\" In a different part of Osaka, four teenagers are electrocuted in an apparent group suicide, and Police Inspector Ishihara isn't convinced it was self-inflicted. When their investigations cross paths, the foreign scientist and the aging cop find a trail that will lead them to more murders, corporate crime, and a strange online cult led by a secretive guru who promises immortality to his followers if they help him destroy civilization. But how can McGuire and Ishihara stop this psychopath if he doesn't seem to exist?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine McArthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0446613428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446613422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.88h x 4.24w x 1.13d","brand":"Maxine McArthur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443495743743,"sku":"9780446613422","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_811cb2e2-d6ed-44df-9f8b-7aa721c6a367.jpg?v=1777205875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/less-than-human-maxine-mcarthur-9780446613422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}