{"product_id":"sailing-to-sarantium-isbn-9780451463517","title":"Sailing to Sarantium","description":"\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry, brings his unique storytelling imagination to an alternate Byzantine world… \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted by the poets, jewel of the world and heart of an empire. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Caius Crispus, known as Crispin, is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Still grieving the loss of his family, he lives only for his craft—until an imperial summons draws him east to the fabled city. Bearing with him a Queen’s secret mission and seductive promise, and a talisman from an alchemist,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCrispin crosses a land of pagan ritual and mortal danger, confronting legends and dark magic. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Once in Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe finds it, unexpectedly,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehigh on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSailing to Sarantium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kay at his finest. Sarantium itself is vast, sumptuous, and dangerous.”—\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Once again, Guy Gavriel Kay has taken a period of history and transformed it into something magical.”—Lisa Goldstein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Magician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSailing to Sarantium\u003c\/i\u003e confirms, yet again, Kay’s status as one of our most accomplished and engaging storytellers.”—\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For some time now, Guy Gavriel Kay has been recognized as one of the finest writers of high fantasy in the world. Now, he has achieved one of the finest works of historical fantasy...in years. Kay has constructed his novel as a literary mosaic of great intricacy and delicacy.”—\u003ci\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore Praise for the Novels of Guy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\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":46304348897509,"sku":"NP9780451463517","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451463517.jpg?v=1767736042","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sailing-to-sarantium-isbn-9780451463517","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}