{"product_id":"master-of-poisons-9781250260567","title":"Master of Poisons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is a prayer hymn, a battle cry, a lovesong, a legendary call and response bonfire talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world. --Daniel Jos  Older \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in \u003ci\u003eMaster of Poisons\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW MATERIAL FOR A NEW EDITION \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis trade paperback includes an extensive, conversational interview between the author and Daniel Jos  Older \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDjola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston's characteristic lush prose, \u003ci\u003eMaster of Poisons \u003c\/i\u003eis epic fantasy that will bleed your mind with its turns of phrase and leave you aching for the world it burns into being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tordotcom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250260567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544","brand":"Andrea Hairston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40649269412021,"sku":"9781250260567","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bc7196b4-0b23-42a9-a000-9cc90f88ed3b.jpg?v=1627964912","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/master-of-poisons-9781250260567","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}