{"product_id":"2940033138425","title":"Point of Hopes: A Novel of Astreiant","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Set in an alternative Middle Ages…this novel…offers intriguing looks at guild interrelationships, the uses of hand-cranked printing presses and medieval attitudes toward magic. It also offers considerable delight to those who enjoy intellectual puzzles of the fantastic kind.”\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicolas Rathe is a pointsman, a dedicated watchman in the great city of Astreiant. During the annual trade fair, with a city filled with travelers and merchants, someone is stealing children. The populace is getting angry and frightened and convinced that a foreigner must be to blame. Rathe calls on the aid of both an out-of-work soldier, the handsome Philip Eslingen, and the necromancer Istre b’Estorr. The art of astrology is a very real power in the kingdom and plays as much a role in politics as greed and intrigue. Rathe finds himself struggling to find the children before a major astrological event brings about catastrophe. The first in a series of fantasy novels filled with adventure, intrigue and gay romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lethe Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156315816176,"sku":"2940033138425","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940033138425_p0.jpg?v=1763657728","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940033138425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}