{"product_id":"metropolis-hc-c-0-1-1","title":"Metropolis HC","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMetropolis, the sixth prose fiction novel by Monte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSchulz, is a dystopian narrative of love in a time of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewar and moral disintegration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegency College senior Julian Brehm's uneventful student life is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ederailed when he falls for Nina Rinaldi, a beautiful young revolutionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eengaged in political activism against the authoritarian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eregime that rules the country and wages a deceitful, distracting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewar. Julian's love for - and moral alliance to - Nina eventually\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eleads him into a vast undercity beneath the metropolis. Then,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeast by train and into the war zone itself, where mortal danger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein that expanding cemetery of millions threatens Julian's life;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhat he witnesses will alter how he perceives the Republic and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eultimately his fate within it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJulian's adventure can be seen as our own, a world of vacillating\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emorality and unceasing violence. Apathy and passion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFear and courage of purpose. Julian's is a hero's journey into the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edark unknown. A love story, which extends in many directions. A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewar novel of incredible scope and horror. A suspenseful mystery novel with a moral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epuzzle at its core. And a coming-of-age tale of a young man seeing the world he was\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eborn into, more dangerous and more beautiful than he could have ever imagined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMetropolis is a meditation on the meaning of virtue and goodness in the face of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emost monstrous crimes. It could just as easily be the story of us.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44253205102844,"sku":"APR221469","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/products\/fantagraphics-graphic-novel-metropolis-hc-c-0-1-1-9781683965794-apr221469-39074407579900.jpg?v=1762394098","url":"https:\/\/shop.thirdeyecomics.com\/products\/metropolis-hc-c-0-1-1","provider":"Third Eye Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}