{"product_id":"bimbos-of-the-death-sun-9780345483027","title":"Bimbos of the Death Sun","description":"\"Sharyn McCrumb is a born storyteller.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Mary Higgins Clark \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sharyn McCrumb has few equals and no superiors among today's novelists.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *San Diego Union-Tribune \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor one fateful weekend, the annual science fiction and fantasy convention, Rubicon, has all but taken over a usually ordinary hotel. Now the halls are alive with Trekkies, tech nerds, and fantasy gamers in their Viking finery *all of them eager to hail their hero, bestselling fantasy author Appin Dungannon: a diminutive despot whose towering ego more than compensates for his 5' 1\" height . . . and whose gleeful disdain for his fawning fans is legendary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHurling insults and furniture with equal abandon, the terrible, tiny author proceeds to alienate ersatz aliens and make-believe warriors at warp speed. But somewhere between the costume contest and the exhibition Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons game, Dungannon gets done in. While die-hard fans of Dungannon's seemingly endless sword-and-sorcery series wonder how they'll go on and hucksters wonder how much they can get for the dead man's autograph, a hapless cop wonders, Who would want to kill Appin Dungannon? But the real question, as the harried convention organizers know, is Who wouldn't ? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I loved BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN . . . Beautifully observed, funny, nicely constructed, even compassionate.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Robert Silverberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharyn McCrumb\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author whose work has been honored with all five of the major awards in crime fiction (Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero)--with two Best Appalachian Novel awards. She is the creator of the Ballad series, which began with\u003ci\u003e If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O\u003c\/i\u003e; and her satirical mystery series featuring forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e McCrumb lives in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, less than a hundred miles from the Smoky Mountain valley where her ancestors settled in 1790.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523553726738,"sku":"9780345483027","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c0d2601-c254-4d12-bab4-2e09679fcbb2.jpg?v=1731151758","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bimbos-of-the-death-sun-9780345483027","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}