{"product_id":"united-states-of-japan","title":"United States of Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis “interesting and excited to read” spiritual sequel to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Man in The High Castle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e focuses on the New Japanese Empire—from an acclaimed author and essayist (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eio9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody believes that Japan’s conduct in the war was anything but exemplary. Nobody, that is, except the George Washingtons—a shadowy group of rebels fighting for freedom. Their latest subversive tactic is to distribute an illegal video game that asks players to imagine what the world might be like if the United States had won the war instead.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Captain Beniko Ishimura’s job is to censor video games, and he’s tasked with getting to the bottom of this disturbing new development. But Ishimura’s hiding something . . . He’s slowly been discovering that the case of the George Washingtons is more complicated than it seems, and the subversive videogame’s origins are even more controversial and dangerous than the censors originally suspected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part detective story, part brutal alternate history, \u003ci\u003eUnited States of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning successor to Philip K Dick’s \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFile under:\u003c\/b\u003e Science Fiction [ Gamechanger | Area #11 | Robot Wars | Strike Back the Empire ]","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47927129997567,"sku":"*R0024596*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/9578843482493.jpg?v=1766159257","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/united-states-of-japan","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}