{"product_id":"9781460750698_a-crucible-of-souls","title":"A Crucible of Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Aurealis Award-winning e-book bestseller now in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative new talent makes his debut with the acclaimed first installment in the epic Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, a mesmerizing tale of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen young Caldan's parents are brutally slain, the boy is raised by monks who initiate him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up plagued by questions about his past, Caldan vows to discover who his parents were, and why they were violently killed. The search will take him beyond the walls of the monastery, into the unfamiliar and dangerous chaos of city life. With nothing to his name but a pair of mysterious heirlooms and a handful of coins, he must prove his talent to become apprenticed to a guild of sorcerers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the world outside the monastery is a darker place than he ever imagined, and his treasured sorcery has disturbing depths he does not fully understand. As a shadowed evil manipulates the unwary and forbidden powers are unleashed, Caldan is plunged into an age-old conflict that will bring the world to the edge of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, he must choose a side, and face the true cost of uncovering his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\" face=\"GuardianSans-Regular\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\" face=\"GuardianSans-Regular\"\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\"The story is strong and the writing style simple but assured as a promising new series begins.\" -- \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Mitchell Hogan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896679485589,"sku":"9781460750698","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460750698_448219b7-65f1-442c-9215-4cda0c696ba1.jpg?v=1776888368","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460750698_a-crucible-of-souls","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}