{"product_id":"local-heavens-9781964721552","title":"Local Heavens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he's struck by the city's contradictions--shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nick meets alluring, new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby's frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren't all they seem--and as a corporate-sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. \u003cem\u003eHe\u003c\/em\u003e's the reason they don't. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite--and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city's most vulnerable--he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald's classic tale of glamour, desire, and desperation, \u003cem\u003eLocal Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e examines the guardrails of morality . . . and the price of desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. M. Fajardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bindery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964721552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2025 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFajardo, K. M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eK. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino Canadian writer from the Toronto suburbs. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Global Business and Digital Arts before working in the tech industry. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. \u003cem\u003eLocal Heavens\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119585521709,"sku":"9781964721552","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_6df542a9-0ce8-4da1-99f6-2ed291a86283.jpg?v=1756230470","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/local-heavens-9781964721552","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}