{"product_id":"habitat-paperback","title":"Habitat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCase Q. Kerns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHabitat\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to witness a near-future dystopia filled with cloned animals, a sponsorship-based education system, and a subculture obsessed with body transplants as performance art--concluding 100 years in the future with a girl's post-apocalyptic quest to find her father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this novel told through linked narratives, a father embraces a grisly family tradition to help secure a better education for his daughter after a neighborhood barbecue. A young man crashes his family's meticulously planned annual gala to unveil his latest surgical transplant. Parents try to find a way to give their daughter the year's most sought-after Christmas gift--a clone of the canine star of a sci-fi television show. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining body horror, science fiction, and poignant family drama, \u003ci\u003eHabitat\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-bending and wholly original first novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase Q. Kerns is the author of \u003ci\u003eHabitat\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel of interconnected narratives beginning in a near future New England and ending a century later. Originally from Buffalo, NY, he received a BS in Cinema \u0026amp; Photography from Ithaca College and an MFA from Emerson College where he served as fiction editor for the literary journal \u003ci\u003eRedivider\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review, The Harvard Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Medford, Massachusetts with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379218182246,"sku":"9781625571632","price":36.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iJyFjO6QIA9781625571632.webp?v=1768918116","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/habitat-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}