{"product_id":"karma-of-the-sun-9780744307603","title":"Karma of the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2024 IPPY Award Bronze Medal Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Maine Literary Award in Speculative Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword Indies Finalist for Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIPPY Bronze Awards (in Science Fiction and Audio Book General Fiction)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtful read perfect for this moody season.\" --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKarma of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a not-to-miss debut from a ridiculously talented newcomer.\" --\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix suns, six blasts in the sky; a seventh one, and the earth will die. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the isolation of the Himalayas, the snows still fall, but they are tinged with the ash of a nuclear winter; the winds still blow, but they wail with the cries of ghosts. The seventh and final blast is near. As the world heaves its final breaths, the people of the Tibetan plateau--civilization's final survivors--are haunted by spirits and terrorized by warlords. Though the last of the seven prophesied cataclysms is at hand, young Karma searches for a father who disappeared ten years earlier, presumed dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by a yearning to see his father again before the end, and called by an eerie horn unheard by anyone else, Karma forges into the Himalayas and discovers that his father's disappearance may be linked to a mystical mountain said to connect the physical world with the spirit lands--and a possible way to save their doomed future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who enjoy \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e by Emily St. John Mandel, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of M\u003c\/i\u003e by Peng Shepherd, \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Season\u003c\/i\u003e by N. K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Giant\u003c\/i\u003e by Kazuo Ishiguro, and \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Men\u003c\/i\u003e by P. D. James.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon Ying Kit Boey is a novelist, poet, and lawyer living in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Camcat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611343196434,"sku":"9780744307603","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_505f7b8f-9c40-47ac-8c6f-66a3f40201d2.jpg?v=1751363518","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/karma-of-the-sun-9780744307603","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}