{"product_id":"the-empress-of-fire-ned-pickering-9780646724652","title":"The Empress of Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a dreamlike Hobart where whispering shades steal memory and face, Jack wakes with one terrible mistake behind him: he cut himself from his handmade tarot deck. His only tether to the living world is a battered red BIC whose flame costs him breath - and whose last flicker will kill him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen he meets Ally, a fiery survivor with half of Jack's card and a missing tether of her own: a Redhead match burned at the wrong end. Together they turn junk into charms and trinkets into shrines, carving boundary lines through an eerie, upside-down Tasmania while renegades hunt their talismans and Faceless things stalk their names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo return to the real world, Jack must rebuild his deck before the lighter runs dry. To save Ally, he'll gamble that creation - and love - can outburn oblivion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGritty and tender, punk and mythic, The Empress of Fire is an urban-fantasy horror about art as a weapon, memory as magic, and two people who choose each other in the dark.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Pickering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0646724657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780646724652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Pickering Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Ned Pickering","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852622999807,"sku":"9780646724652","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empress-of-fire-ned-pickering-9780646724652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}