{"product_id":"9781504025461","title":"Night of Masks","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured and dispossessed loner is given a chance at a new life—but it comes at a steep cost\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Disfigured in the wars that destroyed his planet, Nik Kolherne lives a shadow existence in the sprawling refugee ghetto of the Dipple. He wears a mask to cover his scars and dreams about another country under an unfettered blue sky and a warm sun. But a chance encounter gives him the opportunity for a new face—and a new life. All he has to do is impersonate a young boy’s fantasy hero.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So what if Nik is now allied with the Thieves’ Guild, a subversive outlaw group that seeks their prey on loosely held frontier worlds? A kid all alone in the world could use an ally. His mission is to lure Vandy Naudhin i’Akrama, the young son of a powerful warlord, from his high-security villa and deliver him to the Guild so they can access critical information locked in his brain. But when Nik and Vandy are shipped off to Dis, a burned-out wasteland of a planet, Nik realizes he’s a pawn in a spiraling web of political intrigue and intergalactic evil that threatens both their lives.","brand":"Open Road Media Sci-Fi \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136785039600,"sku":"9781504025461","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504025461_p0.jpg?v=1769897824","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504025461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}