{"product_id":"trouble-the-saints-paperback","title":"Trouble the Saints - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlaya Dawn Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story...in a word: awesome.\" --N.K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Season\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dangerous magic of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e meets the powerful historical exploration of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the whir of city life, a young woman from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where she's hired to use her knives to strike fear among its most dangerous denizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years later, Phyllis LeBlanc has given up everything--not just her own past, and Dev, the man she loved, but even her own dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, the ghosts from her past are always by her side--and history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she keeps in her heart. And so Phyllis will have to make a harrowing choice, before it's too late--is there ever enough blood in the world to wash clean generations of injustice? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrouble the Saints \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling, daring novel--a magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault lines--and an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAYA DAWN JOHNSON has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for \"A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i,\" which also appears in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), guest edited by Joe Hill. Her debut YA novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Her follow up YA novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Is the Drug, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Andre Norton Award in 2015. A native of Washington, D.C., Johnson is currently based in Oaxaca, having finished her masters degree in Mesoamerican studies at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692690608191,"sku":"9781250175359","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ee0ff125dbfa2eb33954239a211136cc.webp?v=1764996276","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/trouble-the-saints-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}