{"product_id":"children-of-earth-and-sky-9780451472977","title":"Children of Earth and Sky","description":"\u003ch2\u003eChildren of Earth and Sky - Epic Fantasy Novel by Guy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of The Fionavar Tapestry weaves a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA Standalone Fantasy Epic Set in a Renaissance-Inspired World\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request--and possibly to do more--and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor's wife but sent by Seressa as a spy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he's been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif--to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMultiple Perspectives in a World at War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs these lives entwine, their fates--and those of many others--will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Guy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e is the international bestselling author of numerous fantasy novels including The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, \u003ci\u003eTigana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Light of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiver of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChildren of Earth and Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, and won the World Fantasy Award for \u003ci\u003eYsabel\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680615567634,"sku":"9780451472977","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71c0017a-5464-4c24-97a2-d51d84796c62.jpg?v=1734923220","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/children-of-earth-and-sky-9780451472977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}