{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9781250420015","title":"Where the Axe Is Buried","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ray Nayler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Picador USA, 2026-04-07\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end. Following the success of his debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler launches readers into a thrilling near-future world of geopolitical espionage where an authoritarian Federation ruled by a near-immortal President is beginning to crumble, paralleled by the collapse of AI-governed Western societies. In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Lilia, a brilliant scientist on the run from the authorities, may have invented a way to bring down the President and escape a near-impenetrable web of Federation surveillance. Her fate is bound up with a worldwide group of others fighting against the global status quo. All systems fail. All worlds end. But what will rise to take their place? A cybernetic novel of political intrigue, Where the Axe Is Buried combines the story of a near-impossible revolutionary operation with a blistering indictment of the many forms of authoritarianism that suffocate human freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085274890409,"sku":"PHBK-9781250420015","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_bffbbb1a-31ba-4637-9963-70f0347109a1.jpg?v=1779375138","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9781250420015","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}