{"product_id":"9781250260567","title":"Master of Poisons","description":"\u003cb\u003e“This is a prayer hymn, a battle cry, a love song, a legendary call and response bonfire talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world.\" —Daniel José Older\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in \u003ci\u003eMaster of Poisons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW MATERIAL FOR A NEW EDITION!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis trade paperback includes an extensive, conversational interview between the author and Daniel José Older!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDjola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston's characteristic lush prose, \u003ci\u003eMaster of Poisons \u003c\/i\u003eis epic fantasy that will bleed your mind with its turns of phrase and leave you aching for the world it burns into being.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045704122608,"sku":"9781250260567","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250260567_p0.jpg?v=1772576883","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250260567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}