{"product_id":"9781597802192","title":"The Black Opera","description":"\u003cbr\u003eNaples, the 19th Century.\u003cp\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, holy music has power. Under the auspices of the Church, the Sung Mass can bring about actual miracles like healing the sick or raising the dead. But some believe that the musicodramma of grand opera can also work magic by channeling powerful emotions into something sublime. Now the Prince’s Men, a secret society, hope to stage their own black opera to the empower the Devil himself–and change Creation for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConrad Scalese is a struggling librettist whose latest opera has landed him in trouble with the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Rescued by King Ferdinand II, Conrad finds himself recruited to write and stage a counteropera that will, hopefully, cancel out the apocalyptic threat of the black opera, provided the Prince’s Men, and their spies and saboteurs, don’t get to him first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he only has six weeks to do it . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Night Shade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051185783024,"sku":"9781597802192","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597802192_p0.jpg?v=1763809363","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597802192","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}