{"product_id":"archform-beauty-paperback","title":"Archform: Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. E. Modesitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMost readers recognize L. E. Modesitt, Jr., as the author of a favorite fantasy series, be it The Magic of Recluce or The Spellsong Cycle. It's always a special treat when he turns his hand again to science fiction and \u003ci\u003eArchform: Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour centuries in the future, the world is rich--nanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybody--but no Utopia, as we see in the lives of five very different people. A singing teacher suffers for her music and fights bureaucracy and apathy. A news researcher delivers the essential background details but can't help looking deeper and wondering about the real story behind the grim incidents that make the headlines. A police investigator, assigned to study trends, begins to see a truly sinister pattern behind a series of seemingly unrelated crimes and deaths. A politician aids his constituents, fights the good fight, and tries to get reelected without compromising his principles. A ruthless businessman strives to make his family powerful, wealthy, and independent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheirs is a society where technology takes care of everyone's basic needs but leaves most people struggling to extract a meaningful life from a world crowded with wonders but empty of commitment and human connection. Alternating the voices and experiences of these five characters in a tour de force of imaginative creation, Modesitt overlaps, combines, and builds their disparate stories into a brilliant tale of future crime and investigation, esthetic challenge and personal triumph. In the same way that he has built fantasy landscapes of surpassing fascination, Modesitt creates a believable future, one imbued with a deep understanding of the way politics works and how people act and react when their sense of themselves, of justice and truth, is exploited by others for power and control. When there's nothing left to need or want, will beauty live on in people's lives or disappear forever? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eL. E. Modesitt, Jr. asks difficult questions, sets himself unlikely challenges, and once again delivers an absorbing tale that enlightens, entertains, and uplifts all at once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eModesitt has outdone himself...This brilliant novel is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of Recluce\u003cbr\u003eThe Imager Portfolio\u003cbr\u003eThe Corean Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Spellsong Cycle\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Books\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecolitan Matter\u003cbr\u003eThe Forever Hero\u003cbr\u003eTimegod's World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Green Progression\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHammer of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Parafaith War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdiamante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGravity Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Octagonal Raven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchform: Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ethos Effect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eternity Artifact\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elysium Commission\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViewpoints Critical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpress of Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe One-Eyed Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolar Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the bestselling author of The Magic of Recluce fantasy series, as well as many other popular fantasy and SF novels. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Archform: Beauty\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52521810559283,"sku":"9780765375018","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/akQwSS9mc1RKMGh0NjRLWGhMdWdidz09.webp?v=1760536500","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/archform-beauty-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}