{"product_id":"a-brightness-long-ago-paperback","title":"A Brightness Long Ago - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count--and soon learned why that man was known as the Beast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Danio's fate changed the moment he saw and recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one autumn night--intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen, instead of a life of comfort, one of danger--and freedom. Which is how she encounters Danio in a perilous time and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivid figures share the unfolding story. Among them: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a powerful religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting all these lives and many more, two larger-than-life mercenary commanders, lifelong adversaries, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brightness Long Ago\u003c\/i\u003e offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Gavriel Kay\u003c\/b\u003e is the international bestselling author of the Fionovar Tapestry series, \u003ci\u003eTigana, The Last Light of the Sun, Under Heaven, River of Stars, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChildren of Earth and Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759971008800,"sku":"9780451472991","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/09becd209d9f612c1681fafddb67a239.webp?v=1780167596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-brightness-long-ago-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}