Inside a Silver Box
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Murder awakens an alien device and the fight to save the Earth begins in this science fiction novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Crosstown to Oblivion. "Terrific genre-defying work. . . . [A] top-notch tale." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) The Silver Box is the most destructive and powerful entity in the universe, and its former master, an alien race known as the Laz, is desperate to control it once more. Two people must join together to protect the human race from destruction at the hands of the Laz. For the Silver Box will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even if it means destroying the Earth itself. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, Mosley takes readers on a speculative journey beyond reality in Inside a Silver Box.
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated writers. He was given the 2020 National Book Award’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Robert Kirsch Award, numerous Edgars and several NAACP Image Awards. He is the author of more than sixty critically acclaimed books that cover a wide range of ideas, genres, and forms including fiction (literary, mystery, and science fiction), political monographs, writing guides including Elements of Fiction, a memoir in paintings, and the young adult novel 47. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages. He has published fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker, Playboy, and The Nation. As an executive producer, he adapted his novel, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, for AppleTV+ and serves as a writer and executive producer for FX’s Snowfall.
In 2020 he was a recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and from the National Book Foundation. In 2013, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and he is the winner of numerous awards, including an Edgar Award, an O. Henry Award, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award, PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award, a Grammy Award, and several NAACP Image Awards. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
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