{"product_id":"sage-empress-i-9781636322391","title":"Sage Empress I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet in the tumultuous, magic-filled history of the Phoenix Feather quartet...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did scholarly, modest Lan Renti, lowest ranking of the troubled imperial clan, rise to become the Sage Empress, first woman ruler in the long history of the Empire of a Thousand Isles?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAware of how the official records embellish (or sidestep) the truth, she's determined to set the record straight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first of two volumes, she begins with her life in the imperial palace until the catastrophic injustice that flung her as a young teen into the dangerous world of the Warring Princes to seek her missing brother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecret identities, a talking sword, and a friendship that might become something more, land her outside the law as a gallant wanderer. Only, what happens when \"the law\" becomes increasingly unjust? Ren grapples with that question as her first mission, supposedly simple, becomes fraught with wide-ranging consequences...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book View Cafe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636322391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.18d","brand":"Sherwood Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576579813557,"sku":"9781636322391","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_76734311-9fb0-47b8-8818-607c5a8dd6cc.jpg?v=1724175846","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sage-empress-i-9781636322391","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}