{"product_id":"sailing-to-sarantium-9780451463517","title":"Sailing to Sarantium","description":"\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry, brings his unique storytelling imagination to an alternate Byzantine world... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted by the poets, jewel of the world and heart of an empire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Caius Crispus, known as Crispin, is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Still grieving the loss of his family, he lives only for his craft--until an imperial summons draws him east to the fabled city. Bearing with him a Queen's secret mission and seductive promise, and a talisman from an alchemist, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCrispin crosses a land of pagan ritual and mortal danger, confronting legends and dark magic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once in Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe finds it, unexpectedly, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehigh on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003ein 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039800783122,"sku":"9780451463517","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d86bf0c-7990-4e14-b5ff-f54c3bb94ed5.jpg?v=1771414700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sailing-to-sarantium-9780451463517","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}