{"product_id":"9781466872073","title":"The Stone in the Skull: The Lotus Kingdoms, Book One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo Award–winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to her critically acclaimed epic fantasy world of the Eternal Sky with a brand new trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stone in the Skull\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume in her new trilogy, takes readers over the dangerous mountain passes of the Steles of the Sky and south into the Lotus Kingdoms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gage is a brass automaton created by a wizard of Messaline around the core of a human being. His wizard is long dead, and he works as a mercenary. He is carrying a message from the most powerful sorcerer of Messaline to the Rajni of the Lotus Kingdom. With him is The Dead Man, a bitter survivor of the body guard of the deposed Uthman Caliphate, protecting the message and the Gage. They are friends, of a peculiar sort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are walking into a dynastic war between the rulers of the shattered bits of a once great Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Lotus Kingdoms\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 The Stone in the Skull\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Eternal Sky Trilogy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 Range of Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e#2 Shattered Pillars\u003cbr\u003e#3 Steles of the Sky\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":47129923387632,"sku":"9781466872073","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466872073_p0.jpg?v=1769891835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466872073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}