{"title":"Books by Darren Aronofsky","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781419780370","title":"Human Nature Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Academy Award–winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky comes the first volume of his spectacular sci-fi trilogy, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe visionary minds behind \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Whale\u003c\/i\u003e, Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, team up with writer Jeff Welch and acclaimed artist Martín Morazzo (\u003ci\u003eIce Cream Man\u003c\/i\u003e) for \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, a razor-sharp social-satire trilogy about ambition, power, and humanity’s desperate quest for immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Duke: once just an ordinary nobody, now an ego-driven billionaire chicken magnate with nearly limitless wealth and power. 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Duke and his new companions have managed to please the unpredictable and alien Keepers, performing humiliating entertainment to quell the creatures' torturous, trigger-happy tentacles and keep the skibbles flowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut even underneath this veneer of stasis and calm, Duke is desperate to escape the ever-watching gaze of the Keepers and find his daughter. Will Duke and his new friends find a way out? Or will the temptation of being safe override all other concerns?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverflowing with twisted humor, surreal adventures, and dazzling visuals, \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/i\u003e hurtles readers into a bizarre yet unsettlingly familiar future, confronting unimaginable obstacles at every turn. 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