{"product_id":"9781543685367","title":"Quillifer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eQuillifer\u003c\/i\u003e, Williams has presented us with a picaresque novel in the grand tradition of Fielding's \u003ci\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, big as life and three times as amazing and affecting.\" (\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling and award-winning author Walter Jon Williams comes an adventurous epic fantasy about a man who is forced to leave his comfortable life and find his fortune among goddesses, pirates, war, and dragons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst he has to survive the night. Then he has to leave his home behind and venture forth into the wider world of Duisland, where he can find friends and allies to help avenge his losses and restore Ethlebight to glory. His determination will rock kingdoms, shatter the political structure of Duisland, and change the country forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030519922928,"sku":"9781543685367","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543685367_p0.jpg?v=1763751287","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543685367","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}