{"product_id":"black-sun-rising-9780756403140","title":"Black Sun Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eBlending science fiction and fantasy, the first book of the Coldfire Trilogy tells a dark tale of an alien world where nightmares are made manifest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold. The colonists found themselves caught in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a terrifying natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, mankind has achieved an uneasy stalemate, and human sorcerers manipulate the fae for their own profit, little realizing that demonic forces which feed upon such efforts are rapidly gaining in strength. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, as the hordes of the dark fae multiply, four people--Priest, Adept, Apprentice, and Sorcerer--are about to be drawn inexorably together for a mission which will force them to confront an evil beyond their imagining, in a conflict which will put not only their own lives but the very fate of humankind in jeopardy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. S. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780756403140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn acknowledged master of Dark Fantasy, \u003cb\u003eCelia Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e is a John W. Campbell award finalist, and the author of the highly acclaimed Coldfire Trilogy\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year \u003ci\u003eThis Alien Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Conquest Born\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Madness Season\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wilding, \u003c\/i\u003e and The Magister Trilogy. Ms. Friedman worked for twenty years as a professional costume designer, but retired from that career in 1996 to focus on her writing. She lives in Virginia, and can be contacted via her website, www.csfriedman.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"C. S. Friedman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674824786077,"sku":"9780756403140","price":47.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_547cbae6-e957-4ce7-b27b-c58c9ccdb7ae.jpg?v=1771913544","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/black-sun-rising-9780756403140","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}