{"product_id":"9781035923298","title":"The Library of Traumatic Memory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Jordan, Neil \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScience fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 March 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Head of Zeus --  an AdAstra Book) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e237 x 159 x 32 | 518g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first literary science fiction novel from Neil Jordan, visionary director of The Company of Wolves and Interview with the VampireIn a windswept corner of a forgotten peninsula, love and loss echo through the halls of a mansion built on secrets. Here memory is currency of the future, and the past refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 2084, Christian Cartwright, a quiet librarian at the enigmatic Huxley Institute, spends his days archiving the world’s most painful memories in the Library of Traumatic Memory. But when his lover Isolde dies in a mysterious car crash, Christian secretly resurrects her as a digital consciousness — an act of grief, obsession, and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Christian navigates a world where memories can be edited, dreams harvested, and the dead made to speak, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy buried in the Institute’s foundations — one that stretches back centuries to his 18th-century ancestor Montagu Cartwright, the architect of the Huxley Mansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontagu’s obsidian mirror and copper model may hold the key to a reality where architecture shapes fate and time loops back on itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending gothic mystery, speculative science, and philosophical depth, The Library of Traumatic Memory is a haunting meditation on love, loss, and the ethics of memory. As the past and future collide, Christian must decide what it means to remember — and what it costs to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179177316733,"sku":"9781035923298","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781035923298.jpg?v=1778955358","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781035923298","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}