{"product_id":"9781944320157","title":"Eighteen Objects of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe epic fantasy \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e takes place within a rich and complex world, one that is full of history and magic, myth and legend. Along with the five main volumes comprising the story itself is a soon-to-be released \u003cem\u003eReader's Companion\u003c\/em\u003e. This book, \u003cem\u003eEighteen Objects of Power,\u003c\/em\u003e is an excerpt taken from the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eReader's Companion\u003c\/em\u003e. This is what the author says in his Preface:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the development and writing of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e, a substantial number of \"historical\" objects, events, and people were imagined and noted. Many of these are not mentioned anywhere within the five volumes comprising \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. Nonetheless, they are part of the world that I've imagined and that I invite others into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking notes is one thing, but for a work such as \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e, sifting, sorting, and organizing them into a useful form is quite another matter. To be sure, additional notes continued to be added to my collection, making the whole corpus of notes and references quite a beast. At last, I hunkered down and organized the most coherent of my notes into what I call \u003cem\u003eThe Reader's Companion to The Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. It has served as my primary reference work during the writing phase of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. It is also the source of the \u003cem\u003eEighteen Objects of Power\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubscribers to my \"News \u0026amp; Updates\" newsletter have already been receiving some of my notes in the form of selected backstories. For those of you who are reading (or have already read) \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e, the stories and descriptions here might also serve a similar purpose as the backstories—filling in certain gaps, or elucidating things only touched upon elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e will be familiar with a few of the things that are described herein. But others, such as the Unerring Arrow of Kalsabahyoud, the Flying Rug of Zan, and the Red Feather of Callowain, are not mentioned at all. Some of the items described, such as the Storm Bag and the Glowing Stone of Bazradur are alluded to or hinted at in only a tangential way, but are not identified within \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. Astute readers will no doubt understand a few things about \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e that would not otherwise be mentioned therein. Certain \"mysteries\" within this work are explained, if not resolved, within the pages of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. Just as answers to one or two mysteries within \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e might be explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI therefore offer this excerpt from \u003cem\u003eThe Reader's Companion\u003c\/em\u003e as an entertaining aside, filling in some of the minor details of the world of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e. So, although not necessary to illuminate the reader's way through \u003cem\u003eThe Year of the Red Door\u003c\/em\u003e, I offer this just as a travel guide might point at something a bit off the path, a vista or feature of the landscape. But, most of all, I hope that you find a bit of enjoyment or pleasant distraction within these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e============\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed are the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNasakeeria's Ring of Fire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Avatar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Carriage of Ilex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cornucopia of Sudomoor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthliad, the Sword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flying Rug of Zan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Glowing Stone of Bazradur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuna's Lantern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Golden Mantle of Duinnor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Bell of Tulith Attis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwyncraff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ice Tree of Greenfar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Red Feather of Callowain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ring of Hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Storm Bag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Torch of Solstice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue Ink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Unerring Arrow of Kalsabahyood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included is a section of maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penflight Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039960744176,"sku":"9781944320157","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944320157_p0.jpg?v=1763803923","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944320157","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}