{"product_id":"9780997988710","title":"Severance Lost","description":"The battle for the blood of the kingdom begins with the fist of Slate Severance.\u003cp\u003eThe land of Malethya needs a hero. The people believe they live in a time of peace and prosperity, but a dreaded Blood Mage is wiping out villages and turning friends into mindless soldiers in a personal army. When a hero emerges to save Malethya, will the people recognize their savior before it is too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRising from obscurity, Slate Severance wins the king's tournament and gains acceptance into the elite fighting guards of the king's army to protect Malethya from its enemies; he didn't expect to find a Blood Mage within his own ranks. Suspecting that the Blood Mage is one of his powerful instructors, Slate must decide where to place his trust. Will he side with a pacifist wizard, a duplicitous war hero, an assassin who speaks only from the shadows, or a host of other powerful people infesting a dangerous land? Slate navigates a world of wizardry, forbidden magic, and cloak-and-dagger politics that trace all the way to the top of the kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlate will stop at nothing to unmask and defeat the dangerous Blood Mage, even if the process turns him from a hero into the most notorious villain in the land. The hero that Malethya needs may be the man they fear the most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason Quill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997678018800,"sku":"9780997988710","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997988710","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}