{"product_id":"9781476756134","title":"The Colors of Cold: A New Story from The Age of Ice","description":"A stunning new ebook original story by J. M. Sidorova\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIncludes an exclusive excerpt of Sidorova’s acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Ice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeculative fiction icon John Crowley calls J. M. Sidorova’s \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Ice\u003c\/i\u003e “marvelous.” Karen Joy Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e, hails it as “everything you could want in a novel.” Now, in this special ebook-only story, Sidorova returns to the world of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIce—\u003c\/i\u003eher captivating blend of fiction, history, and fantasy—offering a mesmerizing new tale of the power of cold.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn April 1814, just days after Napoléon’s defeat by the coalition of the European powers, Prince Alexander Velitzyn, the hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, is drifting around Paris, coming to grips with the brutality of the war and his role in it. Unbeknownst to him, Alexander strolls through the same passageways as another human being just like him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHidden behind costume and makeup, twenty-two-year-old Cherie performs a daily show in the Palais-Royal, a noble palace where shopkeepers and showgirls have set up all manner of risqué commerce—boutiques, gambling rooms, and pubs designed to satiate every desire of the senses. Cherie, though, is an unusual act. Her feat relies on physics, not trickery. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShe is a young woman making do with the fate she’s been dealt—not just the terror of revolution, but her own, crippling coldness. Then, one evening, a wounded young soldier named Julien comes to her room, and what happens threatens to upend Cherie’s notion of the world and herself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Colors of Cold\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully imagined glimpse into two lives trapped by frost—metaphorical and literal—set amid one of the most stirring moments in the history of Paris.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126189834480,"sku":"9781476756134","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476756134_p0.jpg?v=1763609928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476756134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}