{"product_id":"2940157352455","title":"The Red Harlequin Box Set (Books 1-4)","description":"The Best Selling YA Fantasy series that's taking the throne away from vampires \u0026amp; wizards!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Over 14,000 copies sold\u003cbr\u003e- 800 ratings on Goodreads\u003cbr\u003e- Sold and translated internationally\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a limited time, get the first FOUR books of the Red Harlequin Series in one single box set at a specially reduced price! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat other readers are saying:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A plot line that keeps you predicting with some surprising twists. Even when you can predict correctly, the resultant outcome is surprising. Characterization is flawless as one hardly realizes it's being done. There are certainly several relevant themes at play. Thumbs up. I'm getting them all.\" - Kindle Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skin color matters... mask color matters... a refreshing look at racial prejudice, and just how arbitrary and artificial it actually is.\" - Goodreads Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The world-building was superb, the suspense built deliciously, and at the risk of giving away more spoilers, I'll just say my only disappointment was that it ended too soon.\" - Kindle Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I wanted to find some words to describe this book but it left me speechless. I loved it , the plot, the idea was one of the most inspiring to me, I wish there were more books like this.\" - Goodreads Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Very different story - I started it and didn't put it down until the end. Will definitely read Book 2 to see what happens to Asheva next.\" - Goodreads Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fantasy book that makes you think. It is very well written. It is a fantasy book that resembles very much our current world.\" - Kindle Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"I usually do not read this type of genre but I am glad I did. This series pulls you in with a great underlying message.\" - Goodreads Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1 Of Masks and Chromes:\u003cbr\u003eIn a world where everyone wears masks and superstitions abound, the color of your chrome determines who you are and where you will live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd if you will live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, Asheva, a 14 year old Chrome of the Black Nation, will see his world crumble underneath him, as events too big for his age will force him to run away from his native city of Axyum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new journey will take him to lands with different colors and different ways from the Black. From a desperate escape through the hills and forests of the Black Nation to the vast Blue Plains of the city of Ayas, Asheva will learn to face the dangers of the wilderness but also to face the even more dangerous nature of the Chromes, including the worst accusation a Chrome can be charged with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly then he will realize that beneath the masks that all Chromes wear, nothing is what it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 2 Kingdom Of Deceit:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Book Two, Kingdom of Deceit, Asheva must learn to survive on his own and put aside his age-old Black Nation hatred for enemy Red Chromes. As he makes his way to the Red city of Samaris, his convictions about the Red clash with the reality of a land divided in castes. There, the Janis, members of the lowest caste, are left to live in abominable conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut turmoil is building, both inside the walls of Samaris and outside where a violent attack takes the Reds by surprise... and nothing in all of the Territories will ever be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 3 Rise of the Harlequin:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Book Three, violence sweeps the Territories as the Black Nation continues to bite at Asheva's heels, along with Cestia, the fallen Red Princess. Cestia has to rise above her own personal tragedy to uncover the truth about the Chromes, the Harlequins and Asheva. Asheva, in the mean time, caught between the wrath of revenge and the desire for love, needs to fight his own demons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, Cestia and Asheva vow to rise and fight the darkness that has taken hold of their world. And they do this first in the Twin Cities, where the Orange and Yellow Chromes live and where divisions are not only based on the color of the Chrome...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 4 A New Dawn:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Book Four, the war to end all wars has begun. Chromes of different colors need to unite and overcome their differences. In the meantime, the love between Asheva and Cestia is put to the test and the outcome is anything but certain...\u003cbr\u003eLife, death, friendship, freedom...they all merge into a new, breathtaking journey into the Territories, where a new dawn has just begun.","brand":"Roberto Ricci","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184393994480,"sku":"2940157352455","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157352455_p0.jpg?v=1764094643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157352455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}