{"product_id":"the-encoded-josh-blaylock-9781957078977","title":"The Encoded: Splintered Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe breakout action packed, seductive series with a twist on the class \"Man vs. Machine\" theme is now collected in a 144 page trade paperback! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Encoded\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers to the year 2055...the world runs on almost magical A.I. technology, but it came with a cost of following a messy war against the self-aware A.I. \"AURELIUS\", brought on by our own human shortcomings, humanity must now coexist alongside the disconnected, sentient robot creators of the dead cyber-god.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey must endure never ending digital network shutdowns, triggered at random, to prevent future self-aware technology from being born, and in a world where every movement is tracked and recorded, these \"Analog Protocol\" shutdowns are a great time to settle scores. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow civilization is fractured between the hi-tech societies of their time, secret places where only machines dwell, and a growing movement of people forsaking any post-internet era technology know as the ANCHORITES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josh Blaylock, Mark Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957078979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957078977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Devil's Due Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.16h x 6.54w x 0.32d","brand":"Josh Blaylock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132113449215,"sku":"9781957078977","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9ee0aa2-12cd-4bcd-8258-127e5141b5f8.jpg?v=1687478297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-encoded-josh-blaylock-9781957078977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}