{"product_id":"zero-zone-scott-oconnor-9781640094895","title":"Zero Zone","description":"\u003cb\u003eA literary thriller about an infamous desert art installation, the cult it inspired, and the search for a missing young woman that is \"cinematic . . . readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O'Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well-written narrative\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles, the late 1970s: Jess Shepard is an installation artist who creates environments that focus on light and space, often leading to intense sensory experiences for visitors to her work. A run of critically lauded projects peaks with Zero Zone, an installation at the once upon a time site of nuclear bomb testing in the New Mexico desert. But when a small group of travelers experience what they perceive as a religious awakening inside Zero Zone, they barricade themselves in the installation until authorities are forced to intervene. That violent showdown becomes a media sensation, and its aftermath follows Jess wherever she goes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevastated by the attack and the distortion of her art, Jess retreats from the world. Unable to work, Jess unravels mentally and emotionally, plagued by a nagging uncertainty as to her culpability for what happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years later, a survivor from Zero Zone comes looking for Jess, who must move past her self imposed isolation to face down her fears and recover her art and possibly her life from a violent cult intent of making it their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164009489X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.51w x 0.87d","brand":"Scott O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989266268415,"sku":"9781640094895","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d25c8e5f-5f58-433d-b917-1c28e788d0eb.jpg?v=1683298525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zero-zone-scott-oconnor-9781640094895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}