{"product_id":"9780857070074","title":"Skinned","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Scott Westerfeld comes a riveting and edgy science fiction novel which raises questions of mortality, technology and morality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLia Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e is beautiful, popular and destined for success . . . until the horrific accident that nearly kills her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lia wakes up in a body that is not a body. It's a \u003cb\u003emachine\u003c\/b\u003e, designed to look and feel human, and her memories have been 'downloaded'. Lia will never age. She need never feel pain again. And, as long as she is vigilant about backing up her memories, she need never die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Struggling to come to terms with what has happened, Lia tries to return to her own life. But nothing is the same . .  She's one of the 'mechanicals' or 'mechs' now. Her friends and boyfriend turn their backs on her, shutting her out. Even her own family can't seem to understand that underneath it all, she's still the same person. Or is she?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawn to a seemingly reckless circle of 'mechs', Lia starts to see the limitless options of her new 'body' - after all, there isn't anything they can't do! But there are some who would like to see the new technology vanish, and these strange mechanical beings along with it. Can you really be human without a body? And is it technically murder to 'kill' a machine…?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSkinned\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A spellbinding story about loss, rebirth and finding out who we really are inside' \u003cb\u003eScott Westerfeld\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A thoroughly absorbing book, drawing you in immediately' \u003cb\u003eThe Book Bag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also by Robin Wasserman:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrashed\u003cbr\u003e Wired\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":50662536937758,"sku":"9780857070074","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/8436\/0222\/files\/9780857070074.jpg?v=1791466215","url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9780857070074","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}