{"product_id":"karda-adalta-vol-i-9781732272903","title":"Karda: Adalta Vol. I","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevised and illustrated first book in the fantasy-sci-fi series, Adalta, with technophobic humans on a living planet, majestic hawk-headed flying horses, a power struggle between brothers, and a plucky female hero who must learn to tap into powers she never knew she had--powers that scare her--to save the place and the people she comes to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarta Rowan knows her job. Secretly sent to the planet Adalta from the hidden orbiting trade space ship to assess its resources and trade potential, she knows she can't get attached--she's not staying. Then she meets her Karda, the wondrous flying creature she grows to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Altan, the arrogant aristocrat with strange elemental powers. It can't be magic, can it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Altan rescues her from a blood magician's murder attempt, suddenly Marta can speak telepathically with her Karda, and she hears Altan in her head. Is she going crazy or-- It can't be magic, can it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever hard she fights it, and however often she repeats her mantra, \"Don't get attached,\" she does. Forced to be together they face bandits, treachery, revolt, blood-sex-and-death magic--and their growing relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Marta is captured by the blood magician. Will Altan rescue her? Or will she rescue herself? Author Sherrill Nilson used to raise horses. Now she writes about flying horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Canoe LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732272903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sherrill Nilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36667635892380,"sku":"9781732272903","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_676c1d39-7e30-49e9-97e0-2b521aa64b2f.jpg?v=1603915377","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/karda-adalta-vol-i-9781732272903","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}