{"product_id":"sinnabar-richard-wolkomir-9781503247161","title":"Sinnabar","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinnabar--it's a bad place. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you're enslaved here, you can only escape into city slums, ruled by killer gangs, or out onto the red deserts, where you'll starve, if the brigands don't get you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you're youths from Earth, taken here, it's especially harsh, because you're alone, far from all you know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll you have is each other.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Fox, a New Jersey juvenile delinquent, is abducted to Sinnabar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo others are taken with him-an angry Goth girl, from San Francisco, and an Ohio science prodigy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSinnabar is a dying world, choking on its own magical red dust. Ice-eyed wizards rule here, backed by a killer army. City slum gangs steal and murder. Brigands crisscross the red deserts, riding lizards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Fox and his two fellow abductees were taken for their talents. They're all foster-care youths, so nobody will miss them. They will be used as human batteries, drained until they die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey didn't come here alone-a small dog slipped along. In Sinnabar's magical air, he can speak. He desperately wants to help. But he's feckless, easily distracted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese three enslaved youths struggle to be free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut how do you fight magic, if you have no magic? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow can you get home, if you have no home? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eHERE'S ONE READER'S REACTION TO SINNABAR\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'm loving this author and can't wait to read another story-Five Stars.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SECOND READER'S EVALUATION\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutstanding performance!!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs a 38-year veteran writing\\literature instructor, I could not help but rate this novel highly! The parallel realms come to life as if I were in the theater! Author has uncanny ability to write fantasy fiction that boarders so close to reality. I highly recommend this novel and all others by him. Shirley Harris, M.Ed. Wiggins, MS-FIVE STARS \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHERE ARE TWO READER COMMENTS FROM GOODREADS, THE INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE BOOK CLUB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I loved this action-packed fantasy novel by Richard Wolkomir. I think teens and adults would both enjoy this story and find Tobi the talking Corgi as entertaining as I did!-Five Stars.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A rollicking good read- John Carter of Mars meets Arabian Nights....Living in Wales I particularly enjoyed the Corgi! Hope Richard writes further books featuring the exploits of Tom and his comrades-Four Stars.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Wolkomir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503247163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503247161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Richard Wolkomir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088473567487,"sku":"9781503247161","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d5dfa80-58c1-4074-891a-1df85f8cd42d.jpg?v=1769104965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sinnabar-richard-wolkomir-9781503247161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}