{"product_id":"a-kiss-of-crimson-ash-book-one-of-the-games-of-the-goddess-series-anuja-varghese","title":"A Kiss of Crimson Ash: Book One of the Games of the Goddess Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in a new medieval India-inspired fantasy trilogy from a remarkable Canadian talent,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Kiss of Crimson Ash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eteems with rich storytelling, lush worldbuilding, and spice of every variety.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaara, the pious newly crowned Queen of Abhaya, a resource-rich city-state, must marry whether she wishes to or not. Her betrothed is Garjan, Prince of Nandapore, a neighbouring city-state full of secrets and spellcasters. His forbidden love is Bhediya, a courtesan with magic in her blood. And then there is Roland, a thief by trade, attached to nothing and no one, who stumbles into a power-hungry king’s plot to unearth a weapon that has only lived in myth...until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLinked by desire, destiny, and a dangerous foe, these four must summon the power of an ancient goddess and chart a course through the empire’s brothels, temples, taverns, and palaces, forcing them to confront the darkest kinds of magic and the truest parts of themselves—before it’s too late.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLocked in a battle that will reshape the empire, they each must \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat will they risk for a weapon worth dying for, and a love worth life itself?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANUJA VARGHESE\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/her) is an award-winning writer and editor. Her debut short story collection, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChrysalis\u003c\/span\u003e, won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, was shortlisted for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and was longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Her work has appeared in \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHobart, Corvid Queen, Southern Humanities Review\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The Malahat Review\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePlenitude Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e, as well as the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eQueer Little Nightmares \u003c\/span\u003eanthology, among others. Anuja lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her partner, two kids, and two cats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anuja Varghese","offers":[{"title":"New - Hardcover","offer_id":51656883765565,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/81uXbaxptOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777581271","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/a-kiss-of-crimson-ash-book-one-of-the-games-of-the-goddess-series-anuja-varghese","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}