{"product_id":"the-river-kings-road-ithelas","title":"The River Kings' Road (Ithelas)","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThere was a baby in the blankets. A baby with a tear-swollen face red and round as a midsummer plum. A baby he knew, even without seeing the lacquered medallion tucked into the swaddling—a medallion far too heavy, on a chain far too cold for an infant who had not yet seen a year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fragile period of peace between the eternally warring kingdoms of Oakharn and Langmyr is shattered when a surprise massacre fueled by bloodmagic ravages the Langmyrne border village of Willowfield, killing its inhabitants—including a visiting Oakharne lord and his family—and leaving behind a scene so grisly that even the carrion eaters avoid its desecrated earth. But the dead lord’s infant heir has survived the carnage—a discovery that entwines the destinies of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrys Tarnell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a mercenary who rescues the helpless and ailing babe, and who enlists a Langmyr peasant, a young mother herself, to nourish and nurture the child of her enemies as they travel a dark, perilous road. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOdosse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the peasant woman whose only weapons are wit, courage, and her fierce maternal love—and who risks everything she holds dear to protect her new charge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSir Kelland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a divinely blessed Knight of the Sun, called upon to unmask the architects behind the slaughter and avert war between ancestral enemies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBitharn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kelland’s companion on his journey, who conceals her lifelong love for the Knight behind her flawless archery skills—and whose feelings may ultimately be Kelland’s undoing and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLeferic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an Oakharne Lord’s bitter youngest son, whose dark ambitions fuel the most horrific acts of violence. As one infant’s life hangs in the balance, so too does the fate of thousands, while deep in the forest, a Maimed Witch practices an evil bloodmagic that could doom them all.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54452624785592,"sku":"iqi1792459967911","price":6.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/0312\/9528\/files\/the-river-kings-road-ithelas_1.jpg?v=1792459973","url":"https:\/\/batterytester.shop\/products\/the-river-kings-road-ithelas","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}