{"product_id":"the-death-and-birth-of-david-liss-9781616964696","title":"The Death and Birth of Iliana Marek","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA young man with a terrible past finds his unlikely protector: the oddly-altered enforcer of a backwater Florida town. Edgar Award-winner David Liss's latest novel reads like Hiaasen meets Crichton--a razor-sharp allegory pulled straight from today's headlines.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is Iliana Marek? Is she the bully who alongside her foster father police chief Bryce Hillard, controls and terrorizes Tylor, Florida? Or is she the reborn guardian angel of Dan Gibson, a social pariah responsible for the suicide of Faye Kristic, a death which he cannot remember ten years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan's once-promising future is in tatters. He lives in an apartment on his estranged parents' property, works at a convenience store with a terrible boss, and is addicted to prescription drugs. But ten years after Faye's death, Iliana suddenly takes Dan's side, and a lot of bad people start dying fast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dan becomes entangled in the ensuing chaos, he needs to finally discover what part he played in the death of Faye Kristic, and why the changes to Iliana make her no longer entirely human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Liss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616964693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616964696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"David Liss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801310966015,"sku":"9781616964696","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-death-and-birth-of-david-liss-9781616964696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}