{"product_id":"the-dead-cat-tail-assassins-9781250767042","title":"The Dead Cat Tail Assassins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNor do they have tails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut they are most assuredly dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNebula and Alex Award winner P. Dj?l? Clark introduces a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR \"Books We Love\" choice of 2024, Indie Next Pick, LibraryReads Top Ten Selection, Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Selection, and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best-Of Book according to \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins--resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories--have only three unbreakable vows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst, the contract must be just. That's above Eveen's pay grade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSecond, even the most powerful assassin may only kill the contracted. Eveen's a professional. She's never missed her mark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third and the simplest: once you accept a job, you must carry it out. And if you stray? A final death would be a mercy. When the Festival of the Clockwork King turns the city upside down, Eveen's newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn't supposed to remember and a vow she can't forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Dj?l? Clark spent part of his childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, the homeland of his parents. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eA Master of Djinn\u003c\/i\u003e and the novellas \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Cat Tail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssassins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRing Shout, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Black God's Drums, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Tram Car 015\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards. His stories have appeared in online venues such as \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Science Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, and in print anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eGriots, Hidden Youth, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClockwork Cairo\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a founding member of \u003ci\u003eFIYAH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and an infrequent reviewer at \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874936754450,"sku":"9781250767042","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9197fa01-f1ff-4522-813c-a64662ec0442.jpg?v=1738012240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dead-cat-tail-assassins-9781250767042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}