{"product_id":"half-a-crown-paperback","title":"Half a Crown: A Story of a World That Could Have Been - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in paperback, the culminating novel of Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Jo Walton's stunning Small Change trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the award-winning \u003ci\u003eFarthing\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel\u003ci\u003e Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing alternate-world noir tale of resistance to encroaching fascism, from the author of \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried \"undesirables\" across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's distinctly British secret police. It's his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, to discover Jews. The midnight knock of a Watchman is the most dreaded sound in the realm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in 1960, a global peace conference is convening in London, where Britain, Germany, and Japan will oversee the final partition of the world. Hitler is once again on British soil. So is the long-exiled Duke of Windsor--and the rising gangs of \"British Power\" streetfighters, who consider the Government \"soft,\" may be the former king's bid to stage a coup d'etat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmidst all this, two of the most unlikely persons in the realm will join forces to oppose the fascists: a debutante whose greatest worry until now has been where to find the right string of pearls, and the Watch Commander himself.\u003cbr\u003e\"A literary Guernica--a top-notch thriller set in a terrified Britain that is all too willing to trade freedom for security, and which gets neither.\" --Cory Doctorow on \u003ci\u003eHa'penny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJo Walton won Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012 for her novel \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on the publication of her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, and her novel \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. The novels of her \"Small Change\" sequence-\u003ci\u003eFarthing, Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e-have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.26 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131748683911,"sku":"9780765323156","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/87a6e182d772aa03d26abc98b4a40283.webp?v=1732621017","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/half-a-crown-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}