{"product_id":"9780765380159","title":"The Red-Stained Wings : The Lotus Kingdoms, Book Two","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Red-Stained Wings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Elizabeth Bear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo Award–winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to the epic fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms with \u003ci\u003eThe Red-Stained Wings\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Stone in the Skull, \u003c\/i\u003etaking the Gage into desert lands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e—New Sci-Fi and Fantasy for May\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e—13 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels for May\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gage and the Dead Man brought a message from the greatest wizard of Messaline to the ruling queen of Sarathai, one of the Lotus Kingdoms. But the message was a riddle, and the Lotus Kingdoms are at war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bear created her secondary world of the Eternal Sky in her highly praised novel \u003ci\u003eThe Range of Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eand its sequels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Lotus Kingdoms\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 The Stone in the Skull\u003cbr\u003e#2 The Red-Stained Wings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Eternal Sky Trilogy\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 Range of Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e#2 Shattered Pillars\u003cbr\u003e#3 Steles of the Sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Red-Stained Wings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Satisfyingly complex sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Stone in the Skull\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stone in the Skull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Elizabeth Bear sweeps the reader into a world of ravishing detail.”—\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Amazing worldbuilding, gloriously precise prose, and excellent pacing.”—\u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Eternal Sky trilogy is one of the great fantasy epics of the last decade, and Bear triumphantly returns to that setting.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Glorious and dramatic.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The plot hews closely to the whole band-of-rogues-assemble-to-fight-stronger-band-of-foes . . . Bear noodles around that trope like a jazz master and takes the story to some interesting places . . .”—\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a promising beginning indeed for an epic . . . and it will no doubt be a magnificent journey.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A panoramic drama that grabs and grips from Page 1 . . . vivid, absorbing, and thrilling.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clever and beautifully written.”—\u003ci\u003eElitist Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A thoughtful, richly complex, humane work eloquently told and elegantly constructed.”—\u003ci\u003eFantasy Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enchanting.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765380159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40706870280398,"sku":"9780765380159","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_bcfd5f49-3002-4438-8645-aa15ac31d73e.jpg?v=1640582684","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765380159","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}