{"product_id":"claiming-de-wayke-paperback","title":"Claiming de Wayke - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColm O'Shea\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would you do if someone offered you the keys to a limitless reality? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTayto is a saint-someone addicted to their VR halo. He's uneducated, unmotivated, and loath to quit his habit and embrace the real world: the Wayke. When the mysterious Zeke Zohar contacts him, offering him a chance to be raptured into a VR paradise forever, it seems too good to be true. The catch: Zeke believes this chance hinges on them finding Tayto's genius brother, and his plan involves journeying to Tayto's childhood home, navigating the detested Wayke in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all the weirdness of the VR universe, it's the real world that Tayto finds truly strange. His journey forces him to confront a gang, a cult, and the two great questions that addicts often face: Is it possible to come home? Is it possible to escape from it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eClaiming de Wayke\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm O'Shea has created that rarest of literary creatures-a riveting page-turner of a book that also has philosophical depth and impact. Asking timely questions about virtual reality, social erosion, altered states, and the ugly endgame of unfettered capitalism, the novel reveals a mind-addled potential future that is both comically madcap and weirdly plausible. O'Shea has invented a language of his own, but \u003ci\u003eClaiming de Wayke\u003c\/i\u003e is embarked on a quest we all share... to fight through the world's endless-seeming artifice and find something, anything, authentic. -David Hollander, author of \u003ci\u003eL.I.E\u003c\/i\u003e., \u003ci\u003eAnthropica\u003c\/i\u003e, and professor of fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the love child of Alice in Wonderland and \u003ci\u003eClockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, with Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, and a young Roger Zelazny standing as godparents. Luminous, savage, enthralling, this is not a book you will forget in a hurry.\u003cbr\u003e-Alma Alexander (author of The Were Chronicles and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Star\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734647771199,"sku":"9781637898581","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/97e7ab0781f474a020727f9783483019.webp?v=1765140595","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/claiming-de-wayke-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}