{"product_id":"malfunction-cecilia-barat-9798241836243","title":"Malfunction!: A retrofuturistic adventure with a touch of humor and four possible endings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1967. Southern Argentina. A lone professor pedals his tricycle into the wastelands-chased by monsters in top hats and war machines that should not exist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor \u003cb\u003eHonorio Tremebundo\u003c\/b\u003e has stolen an ancient incunabulum from the university of \u003cb\u003eBuen Ayre\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eThermonucleus\u003c\/b\u003e wants it back-badly. The book points to \u003cb\u003eEmithiopea\u003c\/b\u003e, a lost city of creators said to drift beneath the stars... and to a terrifying truth: something is coming from the void. A star-born presence, patient and hungry, tied to the last hope humanity has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there's a problem. To reach Emithiopea, Tremebundo must first find the \u003cb\u003elast mechanical titan\u003c\/b\u003e, a colossal relic rumored to roam the Patagonian deserts-returning home like a warhorse that remembers its stable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, he gathers an unlikely band of survivors from the Great War: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBambú\u003c\/b\u003e, stubborn and ferocious, with machetes and a temper to match\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLukas Von Deema\u003c\/b\u003e, an engineer with secrets and iron nerves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriele\u003c\/b\u003e, a coin charmer with fast hands and faster luck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTornillo\u003c\/b\u003e, a strange little girl who never looks the same twice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they will cross tunnels, sea-like grasslands, ruins, and airship shadows-while the Thermonucleus closes in with its \u003cb\u003ewar blimps\u003c\/b\u003e, its laughing hordes, and its beautiful, ruthless obsession with control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMALFUNCTION!\u003c\/b\u003e is a retrofuturistic, darkly funny adventure with \u003cb\u003efour possible endings\u003c\/b\u003e-a pulp-flavored ride where every choice can cost a life... or save a world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecilia Barat,Durgan a. Nallar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241836243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Cecilia Barat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171325681919,"sku":"9798241836243","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/malfunction-cecilia-barat-9798241836243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}