{"product_id":"book-atq9","title":"The Fifth Sorceress","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Sorceress\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Newcomb conjures a time   and place wrought with exquisite detail, characters vividly drawn and deeply felt,   and a history rich in glory and horror, splendor and secrets. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“We gave them   a chance once, long ago. . . . We offered to share power equally, and in peace. But   they refused and chose war. With them it was all or nothing. Wizard against Sorceress.   Male against female. Light against dark.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIt is more than three centuries since   the ravages of a devastating war nearly tore apart the kingdom of Eutracia. In its   wake, those who masterminded the bloodshed—a quartet of powerful, conquest-hungry   Sorceresses—were sentenced to exile, with return all but impossible and death all   but inevitable. Now a land of peace and plenty, protected and guided by a council   of immortal wizards, Eutracia is about to crown a new king. And as the coronation   approaches, the spirit of celebration fills every heart. Except one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prince Tristan   is a reluctant monarch-to-be. Though born with the “endowed” blood that will give   him the power to master magic, and destined by tradition to succeed his father as   ruler, he is a rebel soul. And when he discovers the ancient, hidden caves where   strange red waters flow—possessed of their own mysterious magic—it only makes him   yearn all the more to escape his future of duty . . . and succumb to the stirrings   of enchantment within him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But more than tradition compels Tristan to ascend the   throne. The very existence of Eutracia depends upon it. For after these long centuries   of peace, dreadful omens have begun to appear, heralding something too unspeakable   to ponder. And if indeed the old evil has returned, hungry to wreak vengeance, Tristan’s   role in an ages-old prophecy must be fulfilled—or the cost to his kingdom and his   people will be beyond imagination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It will be a battle like none ever known, against   an enemy whose thirst for blood and domination is depthless and unyielding. And for   Tristan, it will be the ultimate challenge: facing an adversary whose greatest weapon   is the person he loves most—transformed into the instrument of his annihilation .   . . and the catalyst that will doom Eutracia forever to darkness.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341015294256,"sku":"BDatq9","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/117629-atq9-Square.jpg?v=1734052876","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-atq9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}