{"product_id":"9781416575085","title":"The Burning City","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Burning City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach an acclaimed author in his own right, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have collaborated on some of the biggest bestsellers in science fiction history, including the No. 1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eFootfall,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eLucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Oath of Fealty,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mote in God's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e Now Niven and Pournelle have combined their award-winning talents and imaginations to produce a masterpiece of epic fantasy that rivals the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the world of Niven's popular \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Goes Away,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Burning City\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers to an enchanted ancient city that often bears a provocative resemblance to our own modem society. Here Yagen-Atep, the volatile and voracious god of fire, holds sway, alternately protecting and destroying the city's denizens. In Tep's Town, nothing can burn indoors and no fire can start: by accident -- except when the Burning comes upon the city. Then the people, possessed by Yagen-Atep, set their own town ablaze in a riotous orgy of destruction that often comes without warning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhandall Placehold has lived with the Burning all his life. Fighting his way to adulthood in the mean-but-magical streets of the city's most blighted neighborhoods, Whandall alone dreams of escaping the god's wrath to find a new and better life. But his best hope for freedom may lie with Morth of Atlantis, the enigmatic sorcerer who killed his father!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth gritty and exotic, \u003ci\u003eThe Burning City\u003c\/i\u003e is unique fantasy vision unlike any you have read before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416575085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40591196192974,"sku":"9781416575085","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_ad9e6fe6-1a72-4b7b-bfaf-226bb7e26810.jpg?v=1637749745","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416575085","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}