{"product_id":"seekers-bane-9781439133804","title":"Seeker's Bane","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst Time in One Mass Market Volume, Two Novels in an Acclaimed Fantasy Adventure Series: \u003ci\u003eSeeker's Mask\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Ride a Rathorn\u003c\/i\u003e. Jame at Wizard School. Harry Potter--She is Not.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo epic novels of fantasy adventure in one volume: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeker's Mask: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e After an epic adventure that will become the stuff of legend, Jame has been reunited with her older brother Torisen and with her people, the Kencyrath. But when she is placed in the Women's Halls and expected to become a normal, quiet Kencyr lady, normal and quiet are not what the Women's Halls are going to get. Shadow Guild Assassins, ghosts, and other strange beings are soon after her, sprung not only from her own adventurous past but from the tragic, mysterious events that nearly annihilated her family in her father's time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Ride a Rathorn: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJame's adventures continue as she arrives at the randon military college Tentir to face cut-throat competition and find even more buried, poisonous family secrets. The Kencyr have a phrase, \"to ride a rathorn,\" referring to a task too dangerous either to accomplish or to give up. This is true for Jame both figuratively, given her military career in a college which no Highborn girl has ever attended before, and literally, in that she is being stalked by one of these murderous, ivory-clad creatures whose mother she killed and who is now after her blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All in all, Jame's school days are shaping up to be anything but golden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"P.C. Hodgell writes the most strikingly weird and wonderful stories in epic fantasy today.\"--Charles Stross \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hodgell has crafted an excellent and intricate fantasy with humor and tragedy, and a capable and charming female hero. Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher's Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeeker's Bane\u003c\/i\u003e has been previously published as two separate novels, \u003ci\u003eSeeker's Mask\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel \u003ci\u003eTo Ride a Rathorn\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439133804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.92h x 4.36w x 1.56d","brand":"P. C. Hodgell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038163067061,"sku":"9781439133804","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ed2d8c55-f21f-4c3a-a82c-1d1ebf710bb7.jpg?v=1737474886","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seekers-bane-9781439133804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}