{"product_id":"empress-of-salt-and-fortune","title":"Empress of Salt and Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eVo, Nghi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dangerous, subtle, unexpected and familiar, angry and ferocious and hopeful...\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empress of Salt and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a remarkable accomplishment of storytelling.\"—\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gorgeous. Cruel. Perfect.\"—Seanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the rise of the empress In-yo, who has few resources and fewer friends. She's a northern daughter in a mage-made summer exile, but she will bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113838797033,"sku":"9781250750303","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/products\/9781250750303_21fae.jpg?v=1689437655","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/empress-of-salt-and-fortune","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}