{"product_id":"the-guardians-9781923710054","title":"The Guardians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if saving the world meant choosing what to abandon?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gods are awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut not all of them have risen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower is returning-uneven, uncontained, already beginning to divide those who carry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was once whole is now fragmented, reshaping itself in ways they do not yet understand. Not all of it will be gentle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMereh is no longer willing to remain what he was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnkou finds himself no longer standing where he once did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAridanos is on the edge of something that was never meant to be his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsunala holds more than even she realises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat binds them is no longer simple-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand may not survive what they are becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond them, Selene has already begun to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is shifting-quietly, violently-toward something it cannot yet name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause to save something means deciding what you are willing to abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to dark romantasy rooted in character, tension, and emotional consequence-\u003cem\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/em\u003e deepens the Abandoned Gods series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abandoned Gods Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923710054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Alys MacKay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514350330037,"sku":"9781923710054","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781923710054.jpg?v=1791903751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-guardians-9781923710054","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}