{"product_id":"quickening-9780228868804","title":"Quickening","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Gribble\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fantasy - Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46381674299543,"sku":"9780228868804","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780228868804.webp?v=1768773268","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/quickening-9780228868804","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}