{"product_id":"a-brightness-long-ago-guy-gavriel-kay-9780451472991","title":"A Brightness Long Ago","description":"\u003cb\u003eInternational bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count--and soon learned why that man was known as the Beast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Danio's fate changed the moment he saw and recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one autumn night--intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen, instead of a life of comfort, one of danger--and freedom. Which is how she encounters Danio in a perilous time and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivid figures share the unfolding story. Among them: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a powerful religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting all these lives and many more, two larger-than-life mercenary commanders, lifelong adversaries, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brightness Long Ago\u003c\/i\u003e offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Gavriel Kay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451472993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451472991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Guy Gavriel Kay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048871031039,"sku":"9780451472991","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eca413e2-b744-4f2c-80f4-b91a3deea4c5.jpg?v=1684998304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-brightness-long-ago-guy-gavriel-kay-9780451472991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}