{"product_id":"9781597809375","title":"The Reign of the Departed: The High and Faraway, Book One","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young man looking for death finds purpose in a world beyond our own in this sweeping fantasy from Greg Keyes (\u003ci\u003eThe Briar King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewton’s Cannon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eErrol Greyson hadn’t intended to commit suicide. Or so he told himself. But waking up after his “cry for help” in the body of a wood-and-metal construct magically animated by Aster—the strange girl from school—was not a result he could have imagined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAster’s wild explanations of a quest to find the water of health that would cure her father seemed as unreal as her description of Errol’s own half-dead existence, his consciousness stuck in an enchanted automaton while his real body was in a coma from which it might never wake. And of course, they would need to recruit a girl—a virgin, no less—who had been dead for thirty years, to lead them through something called the Pale, beyond which a bunch of magical kingdoms existed. Plus, the threat that Aster could turn him off like a light switch, sending him into a hellish oblivion, was a convincing incentive to cooperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all seemed quite mad: Either Aster was nuts, or Errol was hallucinating. But if it meant a new chance at life, he reckoned it was worth playing along.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Night Shade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035620819184,"sku":"9781597809375","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597809375_p0.jpg?v=1763811321","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597809375","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}