{"product_id":"quickening-peter-gribble-9780228868798","title":"Quickening","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow could the City of the Magicians, avowed pacifists, embroil themselves in a warriors' battle to the south? For the nefarious 5th School it's the lure of becoming an imperial capital; for Purdu, the Barbarian leader, it's proof of his divinity; for others, it's an exciting adventure. Back in the City, Shoan, Council Strategist, urges Lalya to make a public repudiation of the 5th School. She would love to, but Sas warns it is premature. Hyur, suffering from a curse sickness, tells anyone who will listen that his venomous sword is \"returning to the place of its making\"--but he's mad, so no one believes him. Gleswea, recovering from a knife attack, is being coached into a position of safety, but her chance comment wrecks the plans and puts her on a show trial for heresy. Gamblers set the stakes high that she'll be found guilty and sentenced to death by rending. Sas, disillusioned with his part in Shoan's manipulations, puzzles at a shadowy phenomenon drawing the City towards an unseen destiny. Are the underpinnings of existence--the sentience of Reality itself--beginning to show? Unexpectedly, the battle in the south unleashes a second--for the City's very soul!Quickening concludes the City of the Magician's first trilogy, where complacency and compromise have brought Citizens to the cliff edge of change. They ask themselves, Do I slow, stop, step away . . . or jump?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Gribble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0228868793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228868798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.37d","brand":"Peter Gribble","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897879322879,"sku":"9780228868798","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_972595a4-8326-4664-b5ec-f6951eee4d9c.jpg?v=1721374969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quickening-peter-gribble-9780228868798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}