{"title":"Kerstin Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003eKerstin Hall crafts immersive tales that blend \u003cem\u003escience fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with elements of \u003cem\u003egeneral fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, offering readers intricate worlds and compelling characters. Her narratives often explore complex human emotions and speculative futures, making her work resonate beyond traditional genre boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the enigmatic depths of \u003cem\u003eAsunder\u003c\/em\u003e to the cosmic scope of \u003cem\u003eStar Eater\u003c\/em\u003e, Hall’s stories invite reflection on identity, survival, and the unknown. Fans of thoughtful, genre-crossing fiction will find her work both thought-provoking and engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"asunder-by-kerstin-hall-9781250625434","title":"Asunder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today.\" – Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eVampires of El Norte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSabriel\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eWitch King\u003c\/em\u003e in Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall's beguiling new standalone novel. A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe choose our own gods here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch being—three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving—who has granted her the ability to communicate with the newly departed. She pays the rent by using her abilities to investigate suspicious deaths around the troubled city she calls home. When a job goes sideways and connects her to a dying stranger with some very dangerous secrets, her entire world is upended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFerain is willing to pay a ludicrous sum of money for her help. To save him, Karys inadvertently binds him to her shadow, an act that may doom them both. If they want to survive, they will need to learn to trust one another. Together, they must journey to the heart of a faded empire, all the while haunted by arcane horrors, and the unquiet ghosts of their pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd all too soon, Karys knows her debts will come due.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417453416684,"sku":"9781250625434","price":69.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7169273482633.jpg?v=1746440460"},{"product_id":"star-eater-by-kerstin-hall-9781250625335","title":"Star Eater","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall, an epic fantasy that reads like Margaret Atwood by way of Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll martyrdoms are difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium's magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo when a shadowy faction approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions, and unexpected bloodshed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA phantasmagorical indictment of hereditary power, \u003cem\u003eStar Eater\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers deep into a perilous and uncanny world where even the most powerful women are forced to choose what sacrifices they will make, so that they might have any choice at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244411891948,"sku":"9781250625335","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250625335-star-eater-1.jpg?v=1787994729"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/kerstin-hall.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}