{"product_id":"9781942645689","title":"Sorcery for Beginners: A Simple Help Guide to a Challenging \u0026 Arcane Art","description":"Four-hundred years ago, sorcery began to fade from the world. As the scientific method prevailed, combustion engines and computers gradually replaced enchanted plows and spell books. The secrets of spell-casting were forgotten, and sorcery—real, physics-defying manipulation of the natural world—was replaced by trickery and hack YouTube magicians. That is … until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSorcery for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is no fantasy or fairy tale. Written by arcane arts preservationist and elite mage Euphemia Whitmore (along with her ordinary civilian aide Matt Harry), \u003ci\u003eSorcery for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is the true how-to manual for returning magic to an uninspired world. It’s also the story of Owen Macready, a seemingly average 13-year-old who finds himself drawn into a centuries-long war when he uses this book to take on a school bully. Owen's use of sorcery attracts the attention of a ruthless millionaire and a secret society of anti-magic mercenaries, possibly changing the course of world history forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L. Russ Bush III","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033871073520,"sku":"9781942645689","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942645689_p0.jpg?v=1769897552","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942645689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}