{"product_id":"lord-of-emperors-isbn-9780451463548","title":"Lord of Emperors","description":"\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay, multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry and \u003ci\u003eSailing to Sarantium\u003c\/i\u003e, completes his magnificent tale of an alternate Byzantine world…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the golden city of Sarantium, a renowned mosaicist seeks to fill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome intended to be the emperor’s enduring\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003esanctuary and legacy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The beauty and solitude of Crispin's work cannot protect him from the dangerous intrigues of court and city, swirling with rumors of war and conspiracy, while otherworldly fires mysteriously flicker and disappear in the streets at night. The emperor is plotting a conquest of Crispin’s homeland to regain an empire. And with his fate entwined with that of\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ehis royal benefactor, Crispin’s loyalties come with a very high price.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And another voyager has come to the imperial city\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e Rustem of Kerakek, a physician from an eastern desert kingdom\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e determined to find his own fate amid the shifting, treacherous currents of passion and violence\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethat define Sarantium.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLord of Emperors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Complex and richly textured...Kay’s characterization is matchless. The two books that comprise the Mosaic contain, in my mind, some of the finest writing to arise in the last decade in any genre.”—\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Guy Gavriel Kay has transformed his own array of literary elements into something quite remarkable...Closer to Tolstoy than Tolkien, in the Sarantine Mosaic, Kay plumbs his reworkings of history and finds the deeper truths at its heart.”—\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A masterful performance...His most ambitious work yet...Powerfully written and compulsively readable.”—\u003ci\u003eMaclean’s\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping...A grandly realized and wonderful story.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The epitome of what a fantasy novel can be.”—SF Site\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord of Emperors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is wonderful. I never expect less from Guy Gavriel Kay.”—Robert Jordan\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore Praise for the Novels of Guy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[Read] anything by Guy Gavriel Kay...His strengths are strong characters and fantastic set pieces.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“History and fantasy rarely come together as gracefully or readably as they do in the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Kay shows why he’s the heir to Tolkien’s tradition.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Kay is a genius. I've read him all my life and am always inspired by his work.”—#1\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Brandon Sanderson \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A storyteller on the grandest scale.”—\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Canada\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e is the international bestselling author of numerous fantasy novels including The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, \u003ci\u003eTigana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Light of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiver of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChildren of Earth and Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, and won the World Fantasy Award for \u003ci\u003eYsabel \u003c\/i\u003ein 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.","brand":"Ace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304566444261,"sku":"NP9780451463548","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451463548.jpg?v=1767731750","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lord-of-emperors-isbn-9780451463548","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}