{"product_id":"the-calamities-isbn-9798217091812","title":"The Calamities","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe heir to one of the world’s most influential families reckons with the demonic secret to their power, in this contemporary dark fantasy that melds occult magic with shocking family drama from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMourning Mayne knows he’ll one day bear the duty of managing his family’s vast empire of wealth and power. But the feckless Mourning has always struggled to accept this legacy, which is one of cruelty, domination, and exploitation... and something even darker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause the Maynes are no ordinary family: Hidden in our world are the fiends—half-human, half-demon, and possessed of dark magic born from buying human souls—and the Maynes are one of the oldest and most influential fiendish families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Mourning’s estranged father, the formidable and terrifying Hadrian Mayne, demands that he return to the fold, Mourning has to make a decision whether to accept his legacy and embrace his role in the family, or to forge his own destiny, and with it, change the course of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause along the way home, he will meet Key, a black-market seller of human souls, and Quinn, an artist who may hold the dark truth behind the fate of the fiends. Alone, they have all struggled with the darkness of their fiendish nature... but together, they might find a path out of the shadows.\u003cb\u003eChuck Wendig\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWanderers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Wayward\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack River Orchard, The Staircase in the Woods, \u003c\/i\u003eand over two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics, games, and for film and television. He’s known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as\u003ci\u003e Damn Fine Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents","brand":"Del Rey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233636364517,"sku":"NP9798217091812","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217091812.jpg?v=1773178653","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-calamities-isbn-9798217091812","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}