{"product_id":"9781250123039","title":"The Rise of Magicks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe only thing worse than dying is never having it as an option.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tarimain, the immortal soldiers of God, tasked with fighting on the front lines of the eternal war, uncover a dark demonic plot to raise an army. Atharron, a four thousand year old former ruler of Calnis; Sarah, apathetic, but determined to do her duty; and Luke, a young Tarimai discovering the wonders and burdens of immortality. Together, they make their way through the first half of the twentieth century on the trail of a Great President of Hell and the mysterious Man with the Eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomme, France, 1916\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving heard of a demon in the trenches, David and Luke are sent to the Western Front to investigate, and find an army of soldiers bearing wounds that should kill mortal men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third Chronicle in the Tarimain series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~6300 words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This war has killed thousands of men. It has ripped up the lives of citizens across the world. And for what? Neither side knows what they're fighting for; they do it because they're told to, because they're told it's for the country, or the glory, or the adventure. The fact is, it doesn't matter; whoever wins, we've all lost. They go up there to die; and if they don't, we shoot them anyway. Stanford gave us this to control us, we are compelled to do as he says, it's not much different to following orders; but he did give us immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Who then is the bigger monster? The human who orders his subjects to die? Or the demon who gives us everlasting life?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046579388656,"sku":"9781250123039","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250123039_p0.jpg?v=1763702718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250123039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}