{"product_id":"9780765389619","title":"An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors: Book One in the Risen Kingdoms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e is Curtis Craddock's delightful and engrossing fantasy debut featuring a genius heroine and her guardian, a royal musketeer, which Brandon Sanderson calls, \"A great read!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn with a physical disability, no magical talent, and a precocious intellect, Princess Isabelle des Zephyrs has lived her life being underestimated by her family and her kingdom. The only person who appreciates her true self is Jean-Claude, the fatherly musketeer who had guarded her since birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll shall change, however, when an unlikely marriage proposal is offered, to the second son of a dying king in an empire collapsing into civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the last two women betrothed to this prince were murdered, and asorcerer-assassin is bent on making Isabelle the third. Isabelle and Jean-Claude plunge into a great maze of prophecy, intrigue, and betrayal, where everyone wears masks of glamour and lies. Step by dangerous step, Isabelle must unravel the lies of her enemies and discovers a truth more perilous than any deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A setting fabulous and strange, heroes to cheer for, villains to detest, a twisty, tricky plot — I love this novel!” —\u003cb\u003eLawrence Watt Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thrilling adventure full of palace intrigue, mysterious ancient mechanisms, and aerial sailing ships!” —\u003cb\u003eDavid D. Levine\u003c\/b\u003e\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":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108462412016,"sku":"9780765389619","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765389619_p0.jpg?v=1763660276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765389619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}