{"product_id":"the-wolf-and-the-woodsman-9780062973122","title":"The Wolf and the Woodsman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the vein of Naomi Novik's \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eSpinning Silver \u003c\/em\u003eand Katherine Arden's national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Bear and the Nightingale, \u003c\/em\u003ethis unforgettable debut-- inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology--follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her forest-veiled pagan village,  vike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline--her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice,  vike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but  vike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman--he's the disgraced prince, G sp r B r ny, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. G sp r fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, G sp r understands what it's like to be an outcast, and he and  vike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as  vike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and G sp r need to decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReid, Ava:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAva Reid was born in Manhattan and raised right across the Hudson River in Hoboken, but currently lives in Palo Alto. She has a degree in political science from Barnard College, focusing on religion and ethnonationalism. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647156949266,"sku":"9780062973122","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2aad790-028f-493c-bb4f-720ac99dda38.jpg?v=1733196660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wolf-and-the-woodsman-9780062973122","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}