{"product_id":"2940169139907","title":"An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delightful and engrossing fantasy debut featuring an intelligent heroine and her guardian, a royal musketeer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world of soaring continents and bottomless skies, where a burgeoning new science lifts skyships into the cloud-strewn heights, and ancient blood-borne sorceries cling to a fading glory, Princess Isabelle des Zephyrs is about to be married to a man she has barely heard of, the second son of a dying king in an empire collapsing into civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn without the sorcery that is her birthright but with a perspicacious intellect, Isabelle believes her marriage will stave off disastrous conflict and bring her opportunity and influence. But the last two women betrothed to this prince were murdered, and a sorcerer-assassin is bent on making Isabelle the third. Aided and defended by her loyal musketeer, Jean-Claude, Isabelle plunges into a great maze of prophecy, intrigue, and betrayal, where everyone wears masks of glamour and lies. Step by dangerous step, she unravels the lies of her enemies and discovers a truth more perilous than any deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104356516080,"sku":"2940169139907","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169139907_p0.jpg?v=1763673761","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169139907","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}