{"product_id":"foresyth-conservatory-a-l-sterling-9798998805622","title":"Foresyth Conservatory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNinth House\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e in a dark academia, gothic mystery where the cards are stacked against reason-and the price of knowledge is blood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDahlia Blackburne is a failing bookstore keeper and Tarot reader who relies on deductive reasoning-not magick-to cast her fortunes. When a stranger calling himself the Meister walks into her shop after closing and offers three times her normal rate for a reading, curiosity and her growing debts compel her to accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the reading reveals that the Meister has a far more dangerous proposition: infiltrate Foresyth Conservatory, an elite occult arts graduate school, and investigate the alleged suicide of brilliant but troubled student, Julian Earhardt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate to care for her ailing mother after her father's recent death, Dahlia agrees to investigate. But inside Foresyth's rose-thorned walls, Dahlia is thrust into the school's ruthless academic Circle, a cadre of students including the seductive \"Trees,\" Aspen and Sequoia, who are obsessed with creating art that doesn't merely imitate life, but transcends it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the line between performance and passion blurs, Dahlia must confront the truth about Julian, her peers, and a dangerous form of magick that isn't taught-but inherited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cards at Foresyth have already been dealt . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Now it's time for Dahlia to play her hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. L. Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998805622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A. L. Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"A. L. Sterling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148638789887,"sku":"9798998805622","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foresyth-conservatory-a-l-sterling-9798998805622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}