{"product_id":"asunder-hardcover","title":"Asunder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerstin Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThere is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"--Isabel Ca?as, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003eBestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Vampires of El Norte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabriel \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eWitch King\u003c\/i\u003e in Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall's beguiling new standalone novel. A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe choose our own gods here.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch being--three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving--who has granted her the ability to communicate with the newly departed. She pays the rent by using her abilities to investigate suspicious deaths around the troubled city she calls home. When a job goes sideways and connects her to a dying stranger with some very dangerous secrets, her entire world is upended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFerain is willing to pay a ludicrous sum of money for her help. To save him, Karys inadvertently binds him to her shadow, an act that may doom them both. If they want to survive, they will need to learn to trust one another. Together, they must journey to the heart of a faded empire, all the while haunted by arcane horrors, and the unquiet ghosts of their pasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd all too soon, Karys knows her debts will come due.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerstin Hall is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Border Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecond Spear\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStar Eater.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.43 x 9.48 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41897369796743,"sku":"9781250625434","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3b8abff4138b3e7a77598a5faa28cdaa.webp?v=1734079567","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/asunder-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}