{"product_id":"katabasis","title":"Katabasis by R.F. Kuang","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 2.1rem; margin-bottom: 1.05rem;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#9e2048\" face=\"Questrial, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 32px; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eItem Condition: bRAND NEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 2.1rem; margin-bottom: 1.05rem;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#9e2048\" face=\"Questrial, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 32px; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003ePlease note that some books may show minor cosmetic damage, such as corner wear, creases, or light marks, due to storage and transit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"203\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"203\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"178\"\u003eTax invoice\u003c\/strong\u003e available upon request\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"398\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"398\" class=\"\"\u003eImages are for illustration purposes; actual item may vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eItem Description (For illustration purposes only): \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eGrad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eBut the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eBut Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThat’s if they can agree on anything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eWill they triumph, or kill each other trying?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new novel by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e Number One Bestseller R.F. Kuang. Coming August 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: __Inter_acf27c, __Inter_Fallback_acf27c; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eRebecca F. 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Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katabasis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e R.F. 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