{"product_id":"navigational-entanglements-hardcover","title":"Navigational Entanglements - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAliette de Bodard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"Best of\" Pick by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Amazon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof \u003ci\u003eThe Red Scholar's Wake \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAliette de Bodard \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecomes for your heart with a compelling tale of love, duty, and found-family in an exciting new space opera that \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e xianxia-style martial arts to the stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the Hollows: an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers. When a Tangler escapes the Hollows for the first time in living memory, each clan must send a representative to help capture it--but the mission may be doomed and the hearts of two clan juniors may be in danger too.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViệt Nhi is not good with people. Or politics. Which is a problem when the Rooster clan sends her on the mission against her will, forcing her to work with an ill-matched group of squabbling teammates from rival clans, including one who she can't avoid, and maybe doesn't want to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHạc C?c of the Snake clan has always been better at poisoning and stabbing than at making friends, but she's drawn to Nhi's perceptiveness and obliviousness to social conventions--including the ones that really should make Nhi think twice about spending time with her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when their imperial envoy and nominal leader is poisoned, this crew of expendable apprentices will have to learn to work together--fast--before the invisible Tangler can wreak havoc on a civilian city and destroy the fragile reputation of the clans. Along the way, Nhi and Hạc C?c will have to learn the hardest lesson of all: to see past their own misconceptions and learn to trust their growing feelings for each other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAliette de Bodard writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Association Awards. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Fire Born of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, a sapphic Count of Monte Cristo in space (Gollancz\/JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., 2023), and of \u003ci\u003eOf Charms, Ghosts and Grievances\u003c\/i\u003e (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc, 2022 BSFA Award winner), a fantasy of manners and murders set in an alternate 19th Century Vietnamese court. She lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378733379686,"sku":"9781250324887","price":28.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/EwuIjf2que9781250324887.webp?v=1768907794","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/navigational-entanglements-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}