{"product_id":"a-destiny-so-cruel","title":"A Destiny So Cruel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You could be the end of me a thousand times over, and I'll still crawl back to you.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  For a millennium, Alderland had enjoyed a long, languid Summer,  interrupted by six weeks of brutal Winter, only survivable thanks to the  protection of the Living Wands, magical instruments of Summer, and  their chosen wielders. Winter was the enemy, the villain of every story,  its magic and storm and monsters universally reviled.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Until now.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  For the first time in known history, many long months of glittering  snow and the gentle kiss of prevailing Winter have reigned over  Alderland. And just as the people are beginning to feel at home in the  cold, a new and terrible Summer season arrives in a shock of blazing  heat, the sun a hot coal in the sky.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A new generation of Living  Wands take up the daunting task of rebuilding Aldrish society in the  wake of the cataclysm that changed their world irrevocably, a world that  is still reeling from the loss of their beloved Chosen Two: Domenic  Barrow and Ellery Caldwell.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Destiny is the bedrock of Aldrish society and it isn't done with its Chosen yet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Though this time, they are done with Destiny. No more monsters. No more cataclysms. No more Chosen Ones. Forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Destiny So Cruel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the heartwrenching epic finale to the blockbuster fantasy duology that started in \u003ci\u003eA Fate So Cold,\u003c\/i\u003e from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eAll of Us Villains\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":56244954694011,"sku":"9781399612203","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/files\/9781399612203-original.jpg?v=1778570298","url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/products\/a-destiny-so-cruel","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}