{"product_id":"blood-scripture-justin-lampert-9781969709272","title":"Blood \u0026 Scripture: Book 1 of The Hood and The Halo Trilogy","description":"Amazon Book Description\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuttersea don't sleep. It just closes one eye and watches you with the other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the gutter temples of Ashvein, magic is just another hustle. Ether-refined divine essence-flows through the streets like poison and prayer combined. The rich use it to party. The poor use it to survive. And everyone pays the price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsh is a street prophet running out of time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery miracle he speaks in the Relic Tongue costs years off his life. Every prayer he answers brings him closer to a grave he's been digging since his brother died in his arms. At twenty-three, he looks thirty-five. By thirty, he'll be dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe should walk away. He can't.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a simple heist goes sideways, Ash finds himself holding a shard of the Crown-a shattered divine relic that hasn't been whole in a thousand years. Now Parliament wants it. The crime lords want it. The Velvet Order wants it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the Crown itself? It wants \u003ci\u003ehim\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunted by holy assassins, betrayed by allies, and bound to a power that's consuming him from the inside out, Ash must navigate a war between a crime queen who built her empire on addiction, a spy whose magical bindings hide dangerous secrets, and a corrupt church that will burn the city to control the Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the shards awaken, Ash faces an impossible choice: let the power consume him, or become something the streets have never seen-a prophet who doesn't just pray for miracles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe becomes one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLOOD \u0026amp; SCRIPTURE\u003c\/b\u003e is the explosive first novel in The Hood \u0026amp; The Halo Trilogy-a genre-defying blend of urban fantasy and street lit for readers who love \u003ci\u003eThe Rage of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe City We Became\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJade City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagic in the streets. Scripture in the shadows. Blood on the crown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin Lampert,Will Griffin,Lampert X. Griffin Urban Universe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969709278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969709272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lampert \u0026amp; Sons Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Justin Lampert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801232486655,"sku":"9781969709272","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-scripture-justin-lampert-9781969709272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}