{"product_id":"the-phoenix-feather-fledglings-9781611389715","title":"The Phoenix Feather: Fledglings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis four-volume feel-good pandemic project has earned praise from lovers of \u003cem\u003eThe Goblin Emperor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years ago a pair of lovers ran for their lives from an angry prince and washed up on an island where they adopted new identities-and found themselves blessed by an omen promising great things, a single golden phoenix feather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir eldest child, a natural martial artist like his father, seems destined for those great things. The second son, an artist and a dreamer, has no desire for greatness-he wants to be left alone to paint. And the youngest, a daughter, used to wearing her brothers' castoffs and trotting at their heels, is the least promising, always scamping her studies in favor of sword lessons and play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll three vowed to keep their parents' dangerous secret. But in this first volume written in the xuanhuan tradition, the family learns that sometimes children must follow their own paths . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Sherwood:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sherwood Smith has published over forty books, one of which was an Anne Lindbergh Honor Book; she's twice been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and once a Nebula finalist. She teaches writing at Viable Paradise Writing Workshop on Martha's Vineyard when there isn't a pandemic going on. Website at sherwoodsmith.net, and she has at Patreon, where future volumes are being read a chapter a day.","brand":"Book View Cafe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922837934354,"sku":"9781611389715","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0629357d-21e7-45d3-a766-0b862991888a.jpg?v=1738941478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-phoenix-feather-fledglings-9781611389715","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}