The Measure Deluxe Collector's Edition A Novel

<p>Now available in a special hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition featuring beautiful new packaging, including a specially designed cover, stamped case, stunning endpapers, gilded edges, sewn-in ribbon bookmark, and new bonus content! A spirit-lifting, high-concept speculative blockbuster debut set in a world where people can find out how much time they have left to live.</p> <p>Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.</p> <p>It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out.</p> <p>But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live.</p> <p>From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?</p> <p>As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they'll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?</p> <p>The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn't have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.</p> <p>Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.</p>