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In a spectacular livestream from New York City's Times Square, drones lift a tarp off The Window, a ten-story glass building filled with captivating human-like figures modeling daily tasks behind every windowpane. Patrick Turner, founder and CEO of P.T. Global Innovation, a trusted pharmaceutical monopoly, introduces the structure as the world's first museum of humankind's future. 28-year-old Cole Edwards, a troubled former P.T. Global employee, watches in dismay as Turner invites the public to help perfect the society of the future. A simple injection, Turner claims, will give every parent exactly what they want: flawless, defect-free children. Soon, doctors, scientists, celebrities, and world leaders hail The Window's groundbreaking eugenic solution. News outlets urge the public to do their part in healing humanity by ridding future generations of undesirable hereditary traits. Trusting the science, pregnant women around the world eagerly undergo injections as The Window and its global pop-up clinics make them available. But some question P.T. Global's methods, and intentions. Small pockets of resistance emerge. Cole and his ex-lover, Julia Sommers, reunite to find their place in the fight against Turner's campaign. Racing toward an artificially engineered generation at P.T. Global Innovation's hand-or its opposition redirecting public opinion-alternate stances vie for humanity's fate. Tyler Marioni's Big Store Window is a fast-paced dystopian thriller that examines the ethical dilemmas surrounding pharmaceutical marketing, scientific infallibility, and eugenics.

A retired lawyer, an unlicensed contractor, and an ex-ballplayer walk into a bar . . . and transform their neighborhood. With a dark secret weighing heavily on his conscience, former government lawyer Oliver Bartholomew teams with two buddies to perform random acts of kindness in their Adams Morgan, DC, neighborhood. Sid is a brash but tender-hearted contractor who recently lost all but his shorts in a comically botched remodel. PJ is a former pro baseball player pining for the magic he once felt at the plate. The Squad meets nightly at Gary's Bar & Grill and grapples with everything from mistreated dogs to broken school windows. But when a ruthless investor fund threatens to drive the neighborhood's beloved pizzeria from business, the men are utterly stumped by their new mission-that is, until Oliver's old college flame, Rose, arrives for what was supposed to be a day visit. Now, bolstered by Rose's bighearted spirit and real-world savvy, the Squad must rally their neighbors to action. And Rose and Oliver must discover if, despite the tragedy that drove them apart long ago, they are meant to be together after all. For fans of Fredrik Backman, Kent Haruf, and Virginia Evans, Adams Morgan Fugue is a neighborhood love story, an uplifting and often funny novel of friendship, community, and second chance romance that celebrates the revolutionary power of showing up for the people around you. To save the world, begin at home. Awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion "An impressive literary novel filled with both searing regret and stirring hope." - Kirkus Reviews "[D]eeply intimate and remarkably life-affirming . . . skillfully weaves together touching moments with sharp, witty humor." I.S., Goodreads Review

Tender, quietly humorous, and deeply humane, The Narrows is a novel about the unexpected ways people find their way back to one another—and how redemption often begins with the simple decision to hold on for another season.