{"product_id":"9781399637596","title":"Palaces of the Crow : A speculative historical thriller from the Hugo and Locus Award winner","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Locus and Hugo Award-winning author Ray Nayler, this haunting novel blends history and speculative wonder into a story of survival, loyalty and the fragile beauty of life in the darkest of times.   Praise for Ray Nayler'first-rate science fiction' - CORY DOCTOROW'masterful' - SCIFI MIND'intelligent, ambitious and thought-provoking' SFF WORLD'cerebral' GUARDIANJune 1941, Eastern Europe. As the German blitzkrieg tears across a divided continent, four young lives are thrown into chaos: Neriya, a young Jewish girl who dreams of becoming a scientist; Czeslaw, an underage Polish deserter fleeing the Red Army; Kezia, a Roma horse trader whose family is on the run from Soviet collectivisation; and a nameless,, abandoned boy who cannot speak.   Driven deep into the Lithuanian woods, they form an unbreakable bond with one another and with a flock of crows whose uncanny intelligence hints at a secret older and stranger than they could ever have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":59638839247182,"sku":"9781399637596","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781399637596_33908049-6f26-43c8-baf6-2e11b7f4bb91.jpg?v=1779392715","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781399637596","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}