{"product_id":"quaestor-david-m-allan-9781911409472","title":"Quaestor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen you're searching, you don't always find what you expect\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Carrhen some people have a magic power - they may be telekinetic, clairvoyant, stealthy, or able to manipulate the elements. Anarya is a Sponger, she can absorb and use anyone else's magic without them even being aware, but she has to keep it a secret as it provokes jealousy and hostility especially among those with no magic powers at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Anarya sees Yisyena, a Sitrelker refugee, being assaulted by three drunken men, she helps her to escape. Anarya is trying to establish herself as an investigator, a quaestor, in the city of Carregis. Yisyena is a clairvoyant, a skill that would be a useful asset for a quaestor, so Anarya offers her a place to stay and suggests they become business partners. Before long they are also lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But business is still hard to find, so when an opportunity arises to work for Count Graumedel who rules over the city, they can't afford to turn it down, even though the outcome may not be to their liking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Soon they are embroiled in state secrets and the personal vendettas of a murdered champion, a cabal, a puppet king, and a false god looking for one who has defied him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Allan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911409476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911409472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elsewhen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d","brand":"David M. Allan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486280855807,"sku":"9781911409472","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22ec15b1-a4b4-42d7-841d-f1a725e35fe8.jpg?v=1778054710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quaestor-david-m-allan-9781911409472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}