{"product_id":"the-reign-of-the-departed-isbn-9781597809375","title":"The Reign of the Departed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young man looking for death finds purpose in a world beyond our own in this sweeping fantasy from Greg Keyes (\u003ci\u003eThe Briar King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewton’s Cannon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Errol Greyson hadn’t intended to commit suicide. Or so he told himself. But waking up after his “cry for help” trapped in the body of a wood-and-metal construct magically animated by Aster—the strange girl from school—was not a result he could have imagined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Aster’s wild explanations about needing help on a quest to find the water of health that would cure her father seemed as unreal as her description of Errol’s own half-dead existence, his consciousness stuck in an enchanted automaton while his real body was in a coma from which it might never wake. And of course, they would need to recruit a girl who had been dead for thirty years—a virgin, no less—to lead them through something called the Pale, beyond which a bunch of magical kingdoms existed. Plus, the threat that Aster could turn him off like a light switch, sending him into a hellish oblivion, was a convincing incentive to cooperate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It all seemed quite mad: Either Aster was nuts, or Errol was hallucinating. But if it meant a new chance at life, he reckoned it was worth playing along.","brand":"Night Shade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47831610491109,"sku":"NP9781597809375","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/e86ded0c-91ed-4bc1-a836-a95c00b37bc0.jpg?v=1760386140","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-reign-of-the-departed-isbn-9781597809375","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}