{"title":"Fantasy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-untamed-vol-2-killing-floor-by-sebastian-a-jones","title":"The Untamed, Vol. 2: Killing Floor by Sebastian A. Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStranger and Niobe, a dead man and a would-be savior, reach the port city of Asarra Bay, a haven for thieves and killers, two of whom may know the whereabouts of Stranger’s family. They just so happen to be the ruthless leaders of rival assassins guilds, and neither has much love lost for Stranger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stranger Comics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67737968410712,"sku":"9781939834294","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4146\/8760\/files\/9781939834294.jpg?v=1784144649"},{"product_id":"the-sunbearer-trials-the-sunbearer-duology-1-by-aiden-thomas","title":"The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) by Aiden Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Bestseller!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sunbearer Trials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCemetery Boys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not a real hero.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the chaotic Obsidian gods at bay. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all―they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body melted down to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials . . . at least, not for himself. 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