{"product_id":"9780698197091","title":"The Shadow of Elysium","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Valor, The Shadow Throne\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Names\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new novella set in the world of the Shadow Campaigns—\"a world of dust and bayonets and muskets...and magic.\"*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The wagons travel north across the mountains, carrying cargo of great value: Hamveltai glass and porcelain; Deslandai jewelry in heavy iron strongboxes; fine cloth from the cities of the Old Coast. And Abraham.\u003cbr\u003e Bound and tied, guarded day and night, Abraham has been stolen from his village, from the arms of the man he loved. He is being sent to the fortress-city of Elysium to serve a dark and ancient order, the Priests of the Black. They have discovered the secret he kept all his life: that inside him dwells a demon which allows him to heal…and to kill.\u003cbr\u003e But Abraham is not alone. A young woman named Alex, similarly possessed, rides with him. And as a bond grows between them, they begin to wonder if they can turn the demons that have damned them into their salvation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eINCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF \u003ci\u003eTHE PRICE OF VALOR \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for the Shadow Campaigns \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I read it at a gulp and look forward to more.”—*S. M. Stirling, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e “May end up doing for the Napoleonic Wars what George RR Martin did for the Wars of the Roses.”—Anthony Ryan,\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTower Lord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Epic fantasy of military might and magical conflict.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fans of Steven Erikson, David Drake, Glen Cook, Naomi Novik, Tom Kratman, Jack Campbell, David Weber, and John Ringo take note—there’s a new military fiction cowboy in town and his name is Django.”—\u003ci\u003eSF Signal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDjango Wexler \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Shadow Campaigns novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Valor, The Shadow Throne,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Names.\u003c\/i\u003e He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. Eventually he migrated to Microsoft in Seattle, where he now lives with two cats and a teetering mountain of books. When not planning Shadow Campaigns, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts. He is also the author of a middle-grade fantasy novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Library.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125369815280,"sku":"9780698197091","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698197091_p0.jpg?v=1763615053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698197091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}