{"product_id":"bats-of-the-republic","title":"Bats of the Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe full-color featherproof edition of the illuminated novel \u003ci\u003eBats of the Republic\u003c\/i\u003e features hand-drawn maps and natural history illustrations, subversive pamphlets and science-fictional diagrams, and even a nineteenth-century novel-within-a-novel, all designed by the author, with a new introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1843, fragile naturalist Zadock Thomas must leave his beloved in Chicago to deliver a secret letter to an infamous general on the front lines of the war over Texas. The fate of the volatile republic, along with Zadock's future, depends on his mission. When a cloud of bats leads him off the trail, he happens upon something impossible...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hundred years later, the world has collapsed and the remnants of humanity cling to a strange society of paranoia. Zeke Thomas has inherited a sealed envelope from his grandfather, an esteemed senator. When that letter goes missing, Zeke engages a fomenting rebellion that could free him--if it doesn't destroy his relationship, his family legacy, and the entire republic first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their stories overlap and history itself begins to unravel, a war in time erupts between a lost civilization, a forgotten future, and the chaos of the wild. Bats of the Republic is a masterful novel of adventure and science fiction, of elliptical history and dystopian struggle, and, at its riveting core, of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherproof Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67934867030384,"sku":"9781943888368","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_238b38f0-a9e7-4c5c-a07c-4e68f3489c00.jpg?v=1792880935","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/bats-of-the-republic","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}