{"product_id":"a-stranger-in-olondria-9781931520768","title":"A Stranger in Olondria","description":"Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate young girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn desperation, Jevick seeks the aid of Olondrian priests and quickly becomes a pawn in the struggle between the empire's two most powerful cults. Yet even as the country shimmers on the cusp of war, he must face his ghost and learn her story before he has any chance of becoming free by setting \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e free: an ordeal that challenges his understanding of art and life, home and exile, and the limits of that seductive necromancy, reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Olondria\u003c\/i\u003e is a skillful and immersive debut fantasy novel that pulls the reader in deeper and deeper with twists and turns reminiscent of George R. R. Martin and Joe Hill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Small Beer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Nebula Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2012 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sofia Samatar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670857707676,"sku":"9781931520768","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ed8d44b8-d4e0-4a96-9552-b7bac68c4786.jpg?v=1603923802","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-stranger-in-olondria-9781931520768","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}