{"product_id":"firstborn-m-j-hastings-9781464244513","title":"Firstborn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eFourth Wing\u003c\/em\u003e in this crackling debut epic fantasy about a dystopian world where birth order determines fate, and the young woman who must choose between her family and her country.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first children take up arms.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe second children take up books.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe third children are taken.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryn Ruelle was never supposed to rank first. Yet there it was: her face, flashing across every scoreboard with 5:1 odds of winning. The top contender for the Long Night, the final test for the eldest daughters and sons of Durst. The Firstborn must prove they can take a life--or be exiled themselves. If they survive, they'll graduate into soldiers dedicated to defending their borders against their magic-wielding neighbors in Arcania. Bryn has never made a kill before tonight. But by dawn, someone will be dead by her hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn case she doesn't make it, she should say her goodbyes. To Asa, her brilliant younger brother, studying anti-magics at Midborn University. To little Wren, her odd duckling of a sister, soon to be taken away with the other Lastborn to a place from which none of the youngest children have ever returned. But Bryn has always known: key to their survival is loyalty to their class--to Dursti--before family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Bryn finds an encryption revealing an Arcanist plot to kidnap the Lastborn, and she must discern if the threat to Wren is real--or a ruse to throw Bryn off her game before the Long Night. When her search for the truth forces her side-by-side with a traitor-born enemy, she risks everything she's trained for, and faces an impossible choice: her country, or her family? Her siblings, or herself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. J. Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1464244510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464244513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonefruit Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"M. J. Hastings","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48242046566655,"sku":"9781464244513","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d982e09c-c389-4def-bca8-f9aedb268c00.jpg?v=1772657235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/firstborn-m-j-hastings-9781464244513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}