{"product_id":"border-keeper-9781250209412","title":"The Border Keeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2020 Nommo Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book Bub Best SFF Books of the Summer Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Goodreads Rising Star of SFF \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A phantasmagorical picaresque through a lushly realised underworld, populated by a grotesque bestiary of fantastical creatures. . . . This twisty example of the new weird genre examines love, loss and loyalty, packing skilful world-building and a powerful emotional punch into a little over 200 pages.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, when people still talked about her, she was known as the end-of-the-line woman.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVasethe, a man with a troubled past, comes to seek a favor from a woman who is not what she seems, and must enter the nine hundred and ninety-nine realms of Mkalis, the world of spirits, where gods and demons wage endless war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Border Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e spins wonders both epic--the Byzantine bureaucracy of hundreds of demon realms, impossible oceans, hidden fortresses--and devastatingly personal--a spear flung straight, the profound terror and power of motherhood. What Vasethe discovers in Mkalis threatens to bring his own secrets into light and throw both worlds into chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Border Keeper\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Beautifully and vividly imagined. Eerie, lovely, and surreal.\"--Ann Leckie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A labyrinth of demons, dead gods, cranky psychopomps, and broken all-too-human lives. Hall is by turns wry and lush, genuine and venomous. So can I have the next one already?\"--Max Gladstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKerstin Hall is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Border Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecond Spear\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStar Eater.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462343856402,"sku":"9781250209412","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cf1d10a-09ad-432a-9ff2-347453519504.jpg?v=1730085810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/border-keeper-9781250209412","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}