{"product_id":"tshepos-purgatory-9798997075606","title":"Tshepo's Purgatory","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoddy Allistair is an attorney in the year 2091, defending Luther Spalding, a terrorist leader from the American South whose organization opposes a technology that extracts human memories and implants them into the minds of others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe criminal justice system embraces the technology as an alternative to incarceration. The Catholic Church hails it as a tool of empathy and reconciliation. But the Independent Consortium, headquartered in the fortress megacity of Little Rock, Arkansas, population five million, opposes the devices for one simple reason: they work. If even hardened criminals can be made to suffer what they have done to others, the supply of them will dry up, and the world may no longer need men like Spalding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a true believer in the Consortium, Allistair plunges deeper into his client's defense and finds himself pulled in two directions: toward the charismatic Cardinal Archbishop Kitso Tshepo, who supports the technology, and toward the allure of advancing within the glamorous and violent world of the terrorists who oppose it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a vibrant and immersive future America, \u003cem\u003eTshepo's Purgatory \u003c\/em\u003eis Southern speculative fiction about friendship, vulnerability, and masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Christopher McNeal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Christopher McNeal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798997075606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcNeal, J. Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - J. Christopher McNeal has practiced law for nearly fifteen years. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spends his free time hiking, kayaking, and imagining how future criminal enterprises might work.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"J. Christopher McNeal \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001645179037,"sku":"9798997075606","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_52c33e91-ca19-4070-b503-9589057b8cdb.jpg?v=1791983403","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tshepos-purgatory-9798997075606","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}