{"product_id":"the-edge-of-worlds-volume-four-of-the-books-of-the-raksura-9781597808972","title":"The Edge of Worlds: Volume Four of the Books of the Raksura","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court of the Raksura, shape-shifting creatures of flight that live in large family groups. The groundlings have found a sealed ancient city at the edge of the shallow seas, near the deeps of the impassable Ocean. They believe it to be the last home of their ancestors and ask for help getting inside. But the Raksura fear it was built by their own distant ancestors, the Forerunners, and the last sealed Forerunner city they encountered was a prison for an unstoppable evil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrior to the groundlings' arrival, the Indigo Cloud court had been plagued by visions of a disaster that could destroy all the courts in the Reaches. Now, the court's mentors believe the ancient city is connected to the foretold danger. A small group of warriors, including consort Moon, an orphan new to the colony and the Raksura's idea of family, and sister queen Jade, agree to go with the groundling expedition to investigate. But the predatory Fell have found the city too, and in the race to keep the danger contained, the Raksura may be the ones who inadvertently release it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, from celebrated fantasy author Martha Wells, returns to the fascinating world of \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud Roads\u003c\/i\u003e for the first book in a new series of strange lands, uncanny beings, dead cities, and ancient danger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Wells\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Ile-Rien series (\u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Necromancer\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Books of the Raksura (\u003ci\u003eThe Cloud Roads\u003c\/i\u003e). Her work has been nominated for the Nebula and Compton Crook awards, and published in seven languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Night Shade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641452564754,"sku":"9781597808972","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1d3563e-0f0c-47d8-aed8-3a157175ee3f.jpg?v=1733017539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-edge-of-worlds-volume-four-of-the-books-of-the-raksura-9781597808972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}