{"product_id":"the-mountain-in-the-sea","title":"The Mountain in the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHa Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them. She travels to the islands to join DIANIMA's team: a battle-scarred securityagent and the world's first (and possibly last) android.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. As Dr.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. Or what they might do about it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA near-future thriller, a meditation on the nature of consciousness, and an eco-logical call to arms, Ray Nayler's dazzling literary debut The Mountain in the Sea is a mind-blowing dive into the treasure and wreckage of humankind's legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Picador\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 456\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 9781250872272\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: 1250872278\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ray Nayler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44957389914378,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781250872272.jpg?v=1701773023","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-mountain-in-the-sea","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}