{"product_id":"madrenga-9781647101558","title":"Madrenga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rip-roaring action sequences and the mystery of Madrenga's curious powers propel the story through a series of consistently surprising twists and turns.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Foster's brisk and eventful novel should please any reader looking for a quick and diverting adventure.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alan Dean Foster is the modern-day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookbrowser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadrenga.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut things are not always what they seem. Heroes are sometimes made of the strangest stuff, and love is to be found in the most unexpected places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf one doesn't die while treading the lethal path...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Dean Foster's\u003c\/b\u003e work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, the first three \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e films, \u003ci\u003eAlien Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of Riddick\u003c\/i\u003e. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e movie. His novel \u003ci\u003eShadowkeep\u003c\/i\u003e was the first ever book adaptation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel \u003ci\u003eCyber Way\u003c\/i\u003e won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science-fiction ever to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several \"Best of the Year\" compendiums. His published oeuvre includes more than 100 books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CAEZIK SF \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919548223762,"sku":"9781647101558","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6bc388a2-38dc-49cb-bd8f-a3c43949b4e8.jpg?v=1738898241","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/madrenga-9781647101558","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}