{"product_id":"sorcery-for-beginners-a-simple-help-guide-to-a-challenging-arcane-art-9781942645689","title":"Sorcery for Beginners: A Simple Help Guide to a Challenging \u0026 Arcane Art","description":"Five-hundred years ago, sorcery began to fade from the world. As technology prevailed, combustion engines and computers replaced enchanted plows and spell books. Real magicians were hunted almost to extinction. Science became the primary system of belief, and the secrets of spell-casting were forgotten. That is ... until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSorcery for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is no fantasy or fairy tale. Written by arcane arts preservationist and elite mage Euphemia Whitmore (along with her ordinary civilian aide Matt Harry), this book is a how-to manual for returning magic to an uninspired world. It's also the story of Owen Macready, a seemingly average 13-year-old who finds himself drawn into a centuries-long war when he uses sorcery to take on a school bully. Owen's spell casting attracts the attention of a ruthless millionaire and a secret society of anti-magic mercenaries, all of whom wish to use \u003ci\u003eSorcery for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e to alter the course of world history forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry, Matt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Matt Harry received an MFA in Film Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, and has worked as a filmmaker, editor, screenwriter, college professor, movie critic, and story consultant. His writing has been published in the \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAkron Beacon-Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the textbook \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received accolades from the FOX Comedy Script Contest, the Austin Film Festival, the Launchpad Manuscript Competition, and the Nicholl Fellowships. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons. \u003ci\u003eSorcery for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrump, Juliane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Juliane Crump grew up in Los Angeles. She studied music in high school, art history at Yale, and film at USC before becoming a graphic designer for film and television. You can find her work on ABC, NBC, FOX, HBO, and at sloegoods.com. While sorcery eludes her, she makes magic every day with her Wacom tablet, her bagpipes, and her family of boys.","brand":"Inkshares","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671060418834,"sku":"9781942645689","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58b04475-dc7d-4e32-8bae-d75d09c713da.jpg?v=1733795593","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sorcery-for-beginners-a-simple-help-guide-to-a-challenging-arcane-art-9781942645689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}