{"product_id":"ithica","title":"Ithica","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIthica by Paul Sharpless\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic psychological and political thriller of military espionage, rogue AI, institutional corruption, queer noir, official silence and damaged lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eAnthea thought she had escaped Ithica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eForced out of hiding and dragged back toward the intelligence agency she fled, she finds herself trapped inside a world of military secrets, surveillance, corrupted loyalties, bureaucratic cruelty and official lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eAs old operations resurface and the machinery of power begins to close around her, Anthea must confront a system that protects itself at any cost — even when careers are destroyed, lives are ruined, and deaths are quietly explained away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eDrawn from more than 40 years of observation, experience and knowledge of institutional life, \u003cem\u003eIthica\u003c\/em\u003e turns military espionage, bureaucracy, surveillance and corrupted power into a thriller with teeth, dark humour and a bitter aftertaste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hierarchy, armed with AI, against everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sharpless Paper \u0026 Light","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66839234314544,"sku":"9781764500340","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/ithica","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}