{"product_id":"too-rich-to-die-ransom-stephens-9781093657586","title":"Too Rich to Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eLove and money found, lost, and crushed beyond recognition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSan Francisco techie Eben Scratch becomes the world's first trillionaire on his 30th birthday. Like a high-tech Scrooge, Eben's greed has ruined his life and just might ruin the world if the Time Weavers-\u003cb\u003eSimon\u003c\/b\u003e, who can choose the course of history from the intersections of past and future realities, \u003cb\u003eFiona Black\u003c\/b\u003e, proprietor of The Intoxicating Page, a bar-bookstore where cocktails are matched to literature, \u003cb\u003eVolodya Kazimer\u003c\/b\u003e, a cold-war era Russian hacker whose software calculates the probabilities for different futures, and \u003cb\u003eWinter\u003c\/b\u003e, a beagle-can't rescue Eben from himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from San Francisco to Paris, Mexico, India, and Vienna, Too Rich to Die melds Silicon Valley wealth, the French Revolution, and developing world sweatshops into a fast-paced story of love and money found, lost, and crushed beyond recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Science fiction meets Ebenezer Scrooge in this intoxicating, modern update of \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e. Only this time, the rich man's rants and unkindness can bring down his entire society. Well-crafted and thought-provoking.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Heather Redmond, author of the \u003ci\u003eA Dickens of a Crime\u003c\/i\u003e series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ransom Stephens densely packs the pages of his latest fast-paced story with elements of Dickens, warnings of technocracy, and an addiction redemption narrative. With great care, he weaves a complex story that will leave a reader shaken by dire warnings about the repetitive cycles of history and humanity. Stephens has written an ambitious, page-turning epic that is a love story, a social commentary and a dystopian fantasy all in one.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Amber Cowie, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRapid Falls \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deliciously complex and steeped in the apocrypha of Silicon Valley, \u003ci\u003eToo Rich to Die\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a tale of the worst possible outcome barely diverted by humanity's better impulses. What if you not only had the power to see alternate timelines, but you had the technological prowess to pick and choose between them? \u003ci\u003eToo Rich to Die\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful sequel to the fast-paced and complex time-bending of \u003ci\u003eThe 99% Solution\u003c\/i\u003e. Stephen's trio of Timeweavers has localized a moment in time when everything changes for the worse. Now they must pull off the difficult task of changing the way a trillionaire sees the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Kimberly Unger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gophers of High Charity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ransom Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1093657588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781093657586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d","brand":"Ransom Stephens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443974189311,"sku":"9781093657586","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7223ecb-0c02-45c6-80ed-b8305f6abae3.jpg?v=1777209142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/too-rich-to-die-ransom-stephens-9781093657586","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}