{"product_id":"daughters-of-a-dead-empire-9781250853554","title":"Daughters of a Dead Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eBuzzfeed \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussia, 1918: \u003c\/i\u003e With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war--the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible--not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now--regardless of her loyalties--Evgenia is too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughters of a Dead Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Tara O'Neil \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in a tiny New York City apartment filled with thousands of books. Every Friday she went to the public library for even more reading material. She's lived in France, Spain, and Japan, before circling back to New York. Carolyn now lives in a slightly smaller NYC apartment with slightly fewer books, and still goes to the library every week. \u003ci\u003eDaughters of a Dead Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614684221714,"sku":"9781250853554","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ab908017-1960-4be9-8969-404f6de9a6d1.jpg?v=1732456562","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daughters-of-a-dead-empire-9781250853554","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}