{"product_id":"armistice-9781250173560","title":"Armistice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmistice\u003c\/i\u003e returns to Donnelly's ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of the Nebula and Lambda Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eAmberlough \u003c\/i\u003ewith a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A hefty novel full of fascinating characters exploring oversized topics such as sexuality, music, culture, fascism, nationalism, class wars, revolution and love.\" --\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a tropical country where shadowy political affairs lurk behind the scenes of its glamorous film industry, three people maneuver inside a high stakes game of statecraft and espionage: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLillian, a reluctant diplomat serving a fascist nation, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAristide, an expatriate film director running from lost love and a criminal past, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--and Cordelia, a former cabaret stripper turned legendary revolutionary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach one harbors dangerous knowledge that can upturn a nation. When their fates collide, machinations are put into play, unexpected alliances are built, and long-held secrets are exposed. Everything is barreling towards an international revolt...and only the wiliest ones will be prepared for what comes next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eAmberlough\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde.\"\u003cb\u003e--Holly Black\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing \" \u003cb\u003e--World Fantasy Award-winning author Ellen Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful, all too real, and full of pain. Read it. It will change you.\" \u003cb\u003e--Hugo Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLARA ELENA DONNELLY is a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, as well as the Alpha SF\/F\/H Workshop for Young Writers, where she now volunteers as on-site staff and publicity coordinator. In her meager spare time she cooks, draws, sings, and swing dances. After an idyllic, small-town Ohio childhood, she spent time in Louisville, Kentucky. She currently resides in Harlem, in a tower named after Ella Fitzgerald. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLara is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmberlough\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArmistice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524335210770,"sku":"9781250173560","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9529e4b4-99fb-458f-9115-c1e21e1c0ae8.jpg?v=1731176855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/armistice-9781250173560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}