{"product_id":"scorpica-9781982167905","title":"Scorpica","description":"\u003cb\u003eA centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born in this sweeping epic fantasy that's perfect for fans of Robin Hobb and \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive hundred years of peace between queendoms shatters when girls inexplicably stop being born. As the Drought of Girls stretches across a generation, it sets off a cascade of political and personal consequences across all five queendoms of the known world, throwing long-standing alliances into disarray as each queendom begins to turn on each other--and new threats to each nation rise from within. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniting the stories of women from across the queendoms, this propulsive, gripping epic fantasy follows a warrior queen who must rise from childbirth bed to fight for her life and her throne, a healer in hiding desperate to protect the secret of her daughter's explosive power, a queen whose desperation to retain control leads her to risk using the darkest magic, a near-immortal sorcerer demigod powerful enough to remake the world for her own ends--and the generation of lastborn girls, the ones born just before the Drought, who must bear the hopes and traditions of their nations if the queendoms are to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG.R. Macallister, author of the Five Queendoms series, beginning with \u003ci\u003eScorpica\u003c\/i\u003e, and also writes bestselling historical fiction under the name Greer Macallister. Her novels have been optioned for film and television. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eWriter Unboxed\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives with her family in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/Saga Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651582595346,"sku":"9781982167905","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89a57dac-f540-4987-a4ad-5c4ee3586caa.jpg?v=1733304903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scorpica-9781982167905","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}